Vulnerability in Novell Edirectory
CVE-2005-2551
Buffer overflow in dhost.exe in iMonitor for Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 on Windows allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and obtain access to files via unknown vectors.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.554 (99.0th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.554 · newest: 0.554 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Novell Edirectory — versions 8.7.3
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/16393 (third-party-advisory)
- support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi (Patch)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14548 (vdb-entry)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/213165 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2005-2551?
- CVE-2005-2551 is a vulnerability in Novell Edirectory. Published 2005-08-12.
- Is CVE-2005-2551 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.