Buffer overflow in OSH before 1.7-15 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long current working directory and filename.
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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1154 | exploit_db | edb | 2005-08-16 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 788 | exploit_db | edb | 2005-02-05 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 2.0 | HIGH |
|
3.9 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| 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 |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/17967 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-918 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.osvdb.org/21576 | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12455 | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2812 |