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CVE-2005-4533· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Argument injection vulnerability in scponlyc in scponly 4.1 and earlier, when both scp and rsync compatibility are enabled, allows local use

Argument injection vulnerability in scponlyc in scponly 4.1 and earlier, when both scp and rsync compatibility are enabled, allows local users to execute arbitrary applications via "getopt" style argument specifications, which are not filtered.

HighCVSS 7.5 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Dec 27, 2005
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.5% · 72th percentile
CWE
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Action score

30

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.5%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
scponlyscponly

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • scponly scponly2.0
  • scponly scponly2.1
  • scponly scponly3.0
  • scponly scponly3.11
  • scponly scponly3.5
  • scponly scponly3.8
  • scponly scponly3.9
  • scponly scponly4.1

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:3.1scponlybefore 4.0-1sarge14.0-1sarge1

Same product

scponly: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2007-6350scponly 4.6 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended restrictions and execute code by invoking dangerous subcommands
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2004-1162The unison command in scponly before 4.0 does not properly restrict programs that can be run, which could allow remote authenticated users t
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2002-1469scponly does not properly verify the path when finding the (1) scp or (2) sftp-server programs, which could allow remote authenticated users
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2005-4532scponlyc in scponly 4.1 and earlier, when the operating system supports LD_PRELOAD mechanisms, allows local users to execute arbitrary code
    28Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:scponly4.0-1sarge1 · Debian:3.1Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
P · data can be read
Integrity
P · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
P · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
P
Availability impact
P

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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