CVE-2005-3533

Exp

Buffer overflow in OSH before 1.7-15 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long current working directory and filename.

Published: 2005-12-10 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-3533 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.15%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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-2005-3533

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1154 exploit_db edb 2005-08-16 Exploit-DB ↗
788 exploit_db edb 2005-02-05 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3533

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 0.74% 1.15% +0.40%
2 2026-02-07 0.24% 0.74% +0.51%
3 2025-05-28 0.24%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3533

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-2005-3533

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-3533

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-3533 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (osh), 1 status rows across 1 suites (upstream): needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-3533

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3533

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
osh osh <= 1.7.14 cpe:2.3:a:osh:osh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3533

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