CVE-2005-2547 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

security.c in hcid for BlueZ 2.16, 2.17, and 2.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the Bluetooth device name when invoking the PIN helper.

Published: 2005-08-12

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

No analysis available yet.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:bluez_project:bluez:2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No remediation available yet.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-2548	security.c in hcid for BlueZ 2.16, 2.17, and 2.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the Bluetooth device name when invoking the PIN helper.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01141.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/bluez/utils/hcid/security.c?r1=1.31&r2=1.34
http://secunia.com/advisories/16453
http://secunia.com/advisories/16476
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7893206&forum_id=1881
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-782
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-09.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14572
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101557

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Bluez Project Bluez

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-08-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:30:01.655Z

Reserved: 2005-08-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2547

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-08-12T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-2547

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "2005-08-04T00:00:00.000Z", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "security.c in hcid for BlueZ 2.16, 2.17, and 2.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the Bluetooth device name when invoking the PIN helper."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2005-08-22T09:00:00.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/bluez/utils/hcid/security.c?r1=1.31&r2=1.34"}, {"name": "16476", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "x_refsource_SECUNIA"], "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/16476"}, {"name": "DSA-782", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_DEBIAN"], "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-782"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101557"}, {"name": "GLSA-200508-09", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_GENTOO"], "url": "http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-09.xml"}, {"name": "16453", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "x_refsource_SECUNIA"], "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/16453"}, {"name": "14572", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14572"}, {"name": "[bluez-devel] 20050804 Possible security vulnerability in hcid when calling pin helper", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_MLIST"], "url": "http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7893206&forum_id=1881"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2005-2547", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "security.c in hcid for BlueZ 2.16, 2.17, and 2.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the Bluetooth device name when invoking the PIN helper."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/bluez/utils/hcid/security.c?r1=1.31&r2=1.34", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/bluez/utils/hcid/security.c?r1=1.31&r2=1.34"}, {"name": "16476", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/16476"}, {"name": "DSA-782", "refsource": "DEBIAN", "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-782"}, {"name": "https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101557", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101557"}, {"name": "GLSA-200508-09", "refsource": "GENTOO", "url": "http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-09.xml"}, {"name": "16453", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/16453"}, {"name": "14572", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14572"}, {"name": "[bluez-devel] 20050804 Possible security vulnerability in hcid when calling pin helper", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7893206&forum_id=1881"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T22:30:01.655Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/bluez/utils/hcid/security.c?r1=1.31&r2=1.34"}, {"name": "16476", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "x_refsource_SECUNIA", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/16476"}, {"name": "DSA-782", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_DEBIAN", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-782"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101557"}, {"name": "GLSA-200508-09", "tags": ["vendor-advisory", "x_refsource_GENTOO", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-09.xml"}, {"name": "16453", "tags": ["third-party-advisory", "x_refsource_SECUNIA", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/16453"}, {"name": "14572", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14572"}, {"name": "[bluez-devel] 20050804 Possible security vulnerability in hcid when calling pin helper", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_MLIST", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7893206&forum_id=1881"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-2005-2547", "datePublished": "2005-08-12T04:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "2005-08-12T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T22:30:01.655Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:bluez_project:bluez:2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "00806108-C5EA-4568-BDE1-430B686FC0DC", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "security.c in hcid for BlueZ 2.16, 2.17, and 2.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the Bluetooth device name when invoking the PIN helper."}], "id": "CVE-2005-2547", "lastModified": "2026-04-16T00:27:16.627", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "NETWORK", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "baseScore": 7.5, "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL", "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 10.0, "impactScore": 6.4, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": true, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}]}, "published": "2005-08-12T04:00:00.000", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/bluez/utils/hcid/security.c?r1=1.31&r2=1.34"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/16453"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/16476"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7893206&forum_id=1881"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-782"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-09.xml"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14572"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101557"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/bluez/utils/hcid/security.c?r1=1.31&r2=1.34"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/16453"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/16476"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7893206&forum_id=1881"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-782"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-09.xml"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14572"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Patch", "Vendor Advisory"], "url": "https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101557"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vendorComments": [{"comment": "Not vulnerable. These issues did not affect the version of BlueZ as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.\n", "lastModified": "2006-08-30T00:00:00", "organization": "Red Hat"}], "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}