CVE-2005-2551

Exp

Buffer overflow in dhost.exe in iMonitor for Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 on Windows allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and obtain access to files via unknown vectors.

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-2005-2551 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 71.75%, 99th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-2551

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16769 exploit_db edb 2010-07-13 Exploit-DB ↗
1152 exploit_db edb 2005-08-12 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2551

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 2025-05-10 72.56% 71.75% -0.81%
2 2025-03-30 75.72% 72.56% -3.16%
3 2025-03-29 — 75.72% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2551

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-2005-2551

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2551

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
novell edirectory 8.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:8.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2551

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