CVE-2007-0805

Exp

The ps (/usr/ucb/ps) command on HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1 1885 allows local users to obtain sensitive information, including environment variables of arbitrary processes, via the "auxewww" argument, a similar issue to CVE-1999-1587.

Published: 2007-02-07 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-0805 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.87%). 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-2007-0805

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
3273 exploit_db edb 2007-02-06 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-0805

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 2026-01-10 0.97% 0.87% -0.10%
2 2025-09-26 0.87% 0.97% +0.10%
3 2025-03-30 0.87%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-0805

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-0805

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-0805

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hp tru64 5.1 cpe:2.3:o:hp:tru64:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-0805

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