How severe is CVE-2005-2773?

CVE-2005-2773 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). EPSS estimates a 74.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2005-2773: HP OpenView Network Node Manager Remote Code Execution

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

HP OpenView Network Node Manager Remote Code Execution Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2022-03-25

Remediation due

2022-04-15

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2773

Description

HP OpenView Network Node Manager 6.2 through 7.50 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) node parameter to connectedNodes.ovpl, (2) cdpView.ovpl, (3) freeIPaddrs.ovpl, and (4) ecscmg.ovpl.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA9.8 CRITICAL

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

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableyes

Technical impacttotal

Exploitation Context

as of October 13, 2026

All KEV statistics→

CISA added CVE-2005-2773 to the KEV catalog 6,048 days after its CVE record was published.
It is one of 2 Hewlett Packard (HP) entries in the CISA KEV catalog, and one of 2 added in 2022.
Its current EPSS score (74.6%) is higher than that of 61% of CISA KEV entries.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	-	n/a

References

5 Links

Vendor advisories

HPSBMA01224

Third-party advisories

16555

Mailing lists

20050825 Portcullis Security Advisory 05-014 HP Openview Remote Command

Vulnerability databases

Record Details

Published

2005-09-02

Last updated

2025-10-22

Assigner (CNA)

mitre

Credited to

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