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CVE-2005-4154

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-4154 describes an unspecified vulnerability in PEAR installer versions 1.4.2 and earlier. This flaw allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code through a specially crafted package, which can trigger code execution when the 'pear' command is run or when the Web/Gtk frontend is loaded. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.1, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, high attack complexity, and potential for partial impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.90CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:php:pear:0.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.1MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0738 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

pear.php.net / advisory-20051104.txt
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17563
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / alerts/2005/Nov/1015161.html
Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/23021
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2444
Vendor Advisory