CVE-2005-2551

highpriority · attend · 59EPSS 0.554 · 99 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

3 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

55.4% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

2 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Buffer overflow in dhost.exe in iMonitor for Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 on Windows allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and obtain access to files via unknown vectors.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-119USLLM-inferred

exploits (3)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/windows/http/edirectory_imonitoreDirectory 8.7.3 iMonitor Remote Stack Buffer Overflowweaponized · metasploit
EDB-1152Novell eDirectory 8.7.3 - iMonitor Remote Stack Overflow (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
EDB-16769eDirectory 8.7.3 - iMonitor Remote Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
novell edirectory= 8.7.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:novell:edirectory:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2005-08-12modified 2026-06-16

references (12)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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