CVE-2005-2547

security.c in hcid for BlueZ 2.16, 2.17, and 2.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the Bluetooth device name when invoking the PIN helper.

Published: 2005-08-12 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2547 is rated Moderate Risk (59.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.40%). EPSS rose +1.26% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2547

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 2026-06-15 1.14% 2.40% +1.26%
2 2025-03-17 1.03% 1.14% +0.11%
3 2024-12-17 — 1.03% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2547

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-2547

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-2547

vendor priority summary link
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2547
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-2547 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (bluez-utils), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-2547

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2005-2547

  • Red Hat (2006-08-30T00:00:00)

    Not vulnerable. These issues did not affect the version of BlueZ as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2547

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bluez_project bluez 2.18 cpe:2.3:o:bluez_project:bluez:2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2547

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