Vulnerability Report

CVE-2005-2927

Title: Stack-based buffer overflow in ppp via long prompt/defprompt

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2005-2927.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Oct 25, 2005

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.46%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2005-2927: Stack-based buffer overflow in ppp in SCO Unixware 7.1.3 and 7.1.4, and possibly earlier versions, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) prompt or (2) defprompt command.

Impacted Vendors

sco 1

novell 1

caldera 1

Reference Links

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.41/SCOSA-2005.41.txt http://secunia.com/advisories/17275 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/101 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015098 http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?type=vulnerabilities http://www.osvdb.org/20155 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15159 ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.41/SCOSA-2005.41.txt http://secunia.com/advisories/17275 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/101 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015098 http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?type=vulnerabilities http://www.osvdb.org/20155 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15159

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2005-2927 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:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.