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CVE-2005-4533

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-4533 describes an argument injection vulnerability in scponly 4.1 and earlier, specifically in the scponlyc component when both scp and rsync compatibility are enabled. This flaw allows local users to execute arbitrary applications by leveraging unfiltered "getopt" style argument specifications. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high severity with a network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. 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
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0146 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/18223
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18236
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/23875
sublimation.org / scponly
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-17.xml
securityfocus.com / bid/16051