CVE-2005-1859

Unknown vulnerability in arshell in the Array Service (arrayd) for SGI ProPack 3 with SP 5 and 6, and SGI ProPack 4, allows local users to execute arbitrary shells as root on other hosts in the cluster or array.

Published: 2005-07-12 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88 Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-1859 is rated Low Risk (35.4/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1859

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-06 0.05% 0.06% +0.01%
2 2025-03-30 0.05% 0.05% -0.00%
3 2025-03-29 0.05%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1859

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1859

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1859

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sgi propack 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:3.0:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi propack 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:3.0:sp6:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi propack 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1859

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