CVE-2005-2773
Published: 02 September 2005
Summary
CVE-2005-2773 is a critical-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Hp Openview Network Node Manager. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 0.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; CISA has added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Deeper analysis
HP OpenView Network Node Manager versions 6.2 through 7.50 contain a command injection vulnerability tracked as CVE-2005-2773 and CWE-77. The flaw resides in multiple CGI scripts including connectedNodes.ovpl, cdpView.ovpl, freeIPaddrs.ovpl, and ecscmg.ovpl, each of which passes an unsanitized "node" parameter directly to a shell.
Remote attackers can supply shell metacharacters in this parameter to execute arbitrary operating-system commands. No authentication or user interaction is required, and successful exploitation grants full control over the underlying host, consistent with the CVSS 9.8 rating reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, and total impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Public advisories referenced at the listed URLs, including Secunia 16555 and SecurityFocus 9150, document the issue and point to vendor patches or workarounds for the affected OpenView releases.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2005-2774
Vulnerability details
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.
- CWE(s)
- KEV Date Added
- 25 March 2022
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires validation of the unsanitized 'node' parameter before it is passed to a shell, blocking the metacharacter command injection in the listed .ovpl CGI scripts.
Mandates prompt application of vendor patches that eliminate the command-injection flaw in HP OpenView NNM 6.2-7.50.
Limits privileges of the web-server process that executes the vulnerable scripts, reducing the impact of successful arbitrary-command execution.