CVE-2005-2773

9.8

CVSS
Critical

PUBLISHED

HP OpenView Network Node Manager 6.2 through 7.50 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the (1) node...

Exploited in the wild Remote Low complexity No user interaction

Vendor: HP
Product: OpenView Network Node Manager
Published: Sep 02, 2005
EPSS: —

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.

cisa metasploit

CVSS scores

CVSS v3.1 9.8 Critical

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

CVSS v2.0 7.5

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

Exploitation status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2022-03-25 00:00:00 UTC · Source

SSVC decision points

Exploitation: active
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: total

References

Known exploited vulnerability sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source	Added
CISA	Mar 25, 2022

Scanner integrations

Scanner	Reference	Detected
Metasploit	https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/unix/webapp/openview_connectednodes_exec.rb	Apr 28, 2025

Potential proof of concepts

These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

openview_connectednodes_exec

metasploit · Created Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2005-2773

Vulnerability detail