CVE-2005-2993

Unspecified vulnerability in the FTP Daemon (ftpd) for HP Tru64 UNIX 4.0F PK8 and other versions up to HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1B-3, and HP-UX B.11.00, B.11.04, B.11.11, and B.11.23, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (hang).

Published: 2005-09-20 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2993 is rated Low Risk (20.7/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.18%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2993

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 2025-06-29 0.14% 0.18% +0.03%
2 2025-03-17 0.89% 0.14% -0.75%
3 2024-12-17 — 0.89% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2993

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
1.7 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P 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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.1 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-2993

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2993

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hp hp-ux 11.00 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 11.4 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 11.11 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 11.23 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.23:*:ia64_64-bit:*:*:*:*:*
hp tru64 <= 5.1b3 cpe:2.3:o:hp:tru64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp tru64 4.0f cpe:2.3:o:hp:tru64:4.0f:pk8:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2993

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