CVE-2005-4797

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in printd line printer daemon (lpd) in Solaris 7 through 10 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via ".." sequences in an "Unlink data file" command.

Published: 2005-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-4797 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 73.27%, 99th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-4797

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4797

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 2025-03-23 84.96% 73.27% -11.70%
2 2025-03-19 87.88% 84.96% -2.92%
3 2025-03-17 — 87.88% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4797

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-4797

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4797

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun solaris 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:7.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:x86_update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.7 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.8 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4797

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