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CVE-2005-0227
PostgreSQL (pgsql) 7.4.x, 7.2.x, and other versions allows local users to load arbitrary shared libraries and execute code via the LOAD…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 0.50%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 57% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
PostgreSQL (pgsql) 7.4.x, 7.2.x, and other versions allows local users to load arbitrary shared libraries and execute code via the LOAD extension.
Timeline
ID reserved
By debian
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.50% · top 57% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
13
- 200502-08 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 2005-0003 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- DSA-668 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [pgsql-announce] 20050201 PostgreSQL Security Release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 12411 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:040 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- [pgsql-bugs] 20050121 Privilege escalation via LOAD (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10234 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:138 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 12948 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:150 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20050201 [USN-71-1] PostgreSQL vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2005:036 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-0228 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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