Vulnerability Report

CVE-2005-2926

Title: Stack-based buffer overflow via HOME in backupsh/authsh

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2005-2926.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Oct 25, 2005

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.45%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2005-2926: Stack-based buffer overflow in (1) backupsh and (2) authsh in SCO Openserver 5.0.7 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.

Impacted Vendors

sco 1

caldera 1

xinuos 1

Reference Links

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.40/SCOSA-2005.40.txt http://secunia.com/advisories/17274 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015099 http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?type=vulnerabilities http://www.osvdb.org/20153 http://www.osvdb.org/20154 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15160 ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.40/SCOSA-2005.40.txt http://secunia.com/advisories/17274 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015099 http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?type=vulnerabilities http://www.osvdb.org/20153 http://www.osvdb.org/20154 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15160

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2005-2926 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 25, 2005 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.