VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2005-3277

CVSS score10 HIGH
EPSS probability21.66%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-10-21
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

The LPD service in HP-UX 10.20 11.11 (11i) and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters ("`" or single backquote) in a request that is not properly handled when an error occurs, as demonstrated by killing the connection, a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-1473.

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