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CVE-2005-2218

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2218 describes a vulnerability in the device file system (devfs) of FreeBSD 5.x, where improper parameter checking during device node creation allows attackers to access hidden devices and bypass restrictions within jailed processes. This local vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity with complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:release_p14:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 36th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 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 0.5 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

ftp.freebsd.org / pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:17.devfs.asc
secunia.com / advisories/16145
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/21451
osvdb.org / 18123
securityfocus.com / bid/14334