CVE-2005-4506

Nexus Concepts Dev Hound 2.24 and earlier stores username and password information in cleartext in the devhound.tdbd file, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Published: 2005-12-23 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-4506 is rated Low Risk (24.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4506

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 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.07% +0.03%
2 2023-03-07 0.95% 0.04% -0.91%
3 2022-02-04 0.95%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4506

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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: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.
3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-4506

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4506

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
nexus_concepts dev_hound 1.50 cpe:2.3:a:nexus_concepts:dev_hound:1.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nexus_concepts dev_hound 1.51 cpe:2.3:a:nexus_concepts:dev_hound:1.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nexus_concepts dev_hound 1.52 cpe:2.3:a:nexus_concepts:dev_hound:1.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nexus_concepts dev_hound 1.60 cpe:2.3:a:nexus_concepts:dev_hound:1.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nexus_concepts dev_hound 1.61 cpe:2.3:a:nexus_concepts:dev_hound:1.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nexus_concepts dev_hound 1.70 cpe:2.3:a:nexus_concepts:dev_hound:1.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nexus_concepts dev_hound 1.80 cpe:2.3:a:nexus_concepts:dev_hound:1.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nexus_concepts dev_hound 1.81 cpe:2.3:a:nexus_concepts:dev_hound:1.81:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nexus_concepts dev_hound 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:nexus_concepts:dev_hound:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nexus_concepts dev_hound 2.01 cpe:2.3:a:nexus_concepts:dev_hound:2.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nexus_concepts dev_hound 2.02 cpe:2.3:a:nexus_concepts:dev_hound:2.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nexus_concepts dev_hound 2.03 cpe:2.3:a:nexus_concepts:dev_hound:2.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nexus_concepts dev_hound 2.04 cpe:2.3:a:nexus_concepts:dev_hound:2.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nexus_concepts dev_hound 2.10 cpe:2.3:a:nexus_concepts:dev_hound:2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nexus_concepts dev_hound 2.11 cpe:2.3:a:nexus_concepts:dev_hound:2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nexus_concepts dev_hound 2.12 cpe:2.3:a:nexus_concepts:dev_hound:2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nexus_concepts dev_hound 2.13 cpe:2.3:a:nexus_concepts:dev_hound:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nexus_concepts dev_hound 2.20 cpe:2.3:a:nexus_concepts:dev_hound:2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nexus_concepts dev_hound 2.21 cpe:2.3:a:nexus_concepts:dev_hound:2.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nexus_concepts dev_hound 2.22 cpe:2.3:a:nexus_concepts:dev_hound:2.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nexus_concepts dev_hound 2.23 cpe:2.3:a:nexus_concepts:dev_hound:2.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nexus_concepts dev_hound 2.24 cpe:2.3:a:nexus_concepts:dev_hound:2.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4506

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