CVE-2005-2773
HP OpenView Network Node Manager 6.2 through 7.50 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the…
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 74.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.5% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 25 Mar 2022
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as HP OpenView Network Node Manager Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.
- Added
- 25 Mar 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 15 Apr 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
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ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 25 Mar 2022.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- HP Openview connectedNodes.ovpl Remote Command Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/unix/webapp/openview_connectednodes_execRank excellentdisclosed 25 Aug 2005
Exploit-DB2 entries
- HP OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) - 'connectedNodes.ovp'l Remote Command Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16887remote, linuxpublished 3 Jul 2010Verified
- HP OpenView Network Node Manager 7.50 - Remote Command Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1188remote, multiplepublished 30 Aug 2005Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 4 years later
· 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 74.6% · top 0.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 20050825 Portcullis Security Advisory 05-014 HP Openview Remote Command (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- hp-openview-node-manager-command-execution(21999) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- HPSBMA01224 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 14662 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 16555 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2005-2773 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
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)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-2774 (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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