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CVE-2005-2773

CVE-2005-2773CRITICAL

n/a n/a — Hewlett Packard (HP) OpenView Network Node Manager

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   L   N   N  U  H  H  H    9.8   .7459   99.5   YES

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  Sep 2   Reserved by mitre
  Sep 2   Published (CNA: mitre)
  Mar 25  Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-04-15

CWE-77 · CNA: mitre · CVSS v3.1 · 6 references · KEV due April 15, 2022

Description

HP OpenView Network Node Manager 6.2 through 7.50 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) node parameter to connectedNodes.ovpl, (2) cdpView.ovpl, (3) freeIPaddrs.ovpl, and (4) ecscmg.ovpl.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
September 2, 2005	Reserved	Reserved by mitre
September 2, 2005	Published	Published (CNA: mitre)
March 25, 2022	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-04-15

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-77

References (6)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112499121725662&w=2 [mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ]
http://secunia.com/advisories/16555/ [third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA]
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9150 [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_HP]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14662 [vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21999 [vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF]
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2005-2773 [government-resource]

Authoritative record: CVE-2005-2773 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-77

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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2005-2773 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Monday, October 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.