CVE-2005-3533
Buffer overflow in OSH before 1.7-15 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long current working directory and filename.
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 1.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 33% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in OSH before 1.7-15 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long current working directory and filename.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Operator Shell (osh) 1.7-13 - Local Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1154local, linuxpublished 16 Aug 2005Verified
- Operator Shell (osh) 1.7-12 - Local Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 788local, linuxpublished 5 Feb 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
ID reserved
By debian
- 25 days later
· 25 days later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 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 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 33% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- 17967 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-918 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- ADV-2005-2812 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 12455 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 21576 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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-2005-3532 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-3533)Record last updated .