CVE-2005-2681
Unspecified vulnerability in the command line processing (CLI) logic in Cisco Intrusion Prevention System 5.0(1) and 5.0(2) allows local users with OPERATOR or VIEWER privileges to gain additional privileges via unknown vectors.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the command line processing (CLI) logic in Cisco Intrusion Prevention System 5.0(1) and 5.0(2) allows local users with OPERATOR or VIEWER privileges to gain additional privileges via unknown vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 34th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- cisco/ips sensor software
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16545Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20050824-ips.shtmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14633
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21947
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16545Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20050824-ips.shtmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14633
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21947
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.