CVE-2005-4797

mediumpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.298 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

29.8% (98th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

7 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-23

Directory traversal vulnerability in printd line printer daemon (lpd) in Solaris 7 through 10 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via ".." sequences in an "Unlink data file" command.

cvss

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

5.0

010

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

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v2.04.8mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:Fsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USLLM-inferred

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

auxiliary/dos/solaris/lpd/cascade_deleteSolaris LPD Arbitrary File Deletefunctional · metasploit

affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
sun solaris= 10.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris= 9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos= 5.7nvdUScpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos= 5.8nvdUScpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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 2005-12-31modified 2026-06-16

references (18)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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