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CVE-2005-0244

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0244 describes a privilege bypass vulnerability in PostgreSQL versions 8.0.0 and earlier, allowing local users to circumvent EXECUTE permission checks for functions via the CREATE AGGREGATE command. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.5) has a network attack vector with low complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting a low current threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:7.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0197 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 21,974 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: rh-postgresql-0:7.3.9-2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: postgresql-0:7.4.7-2.RHEL4.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-0244Moderate

security flaw

Jan 27, 2005

References

archives.postgresql.org / pgsql-hackers/2005-01/msg00922.php
Vendor Advisory
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/12948
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/19184
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10927
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-138.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/12417