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CVE-2005-2773

97
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2773 is a critical remote command execution vulnerability affecting HP OpenView Network Node Manager versions 6.2 through 7.50. Attackers can exploit this by injecting shell metacharacters into specific parameters of several .ovpl scripts, including connectedNodes.ovpl. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 100/100, this vulnerability allows for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no authentication required. This flaw is actively exploited, listed in the KEV catalog, and has publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit and ExploitDB, indicating a high likelihood of successful attacks. The vulnerability has also garnered significant community discussion, with over 10 mentions.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.2, <= 7.50CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:openview_network_node_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
74.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Mar 25, 2022
Metasploit: HP Openview connectedNodes.ovpl Remote Command Execution · Aug 25, 2005
ExploitDB: EDB-16887 · Jul 3, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7409 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
marc.info
ExploitIssue TrackingMailing List
secunia.com / advisories/16555
Not Applicable
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/21999
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / advisories/9150
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/14662
Broken Link