CVE-2005-4788 — resmgr in SUSE Linux 9.2 and 9.3, and possibly other distributions, allows local users to bypass access control rules for USB devices via "alternate syntax for specifying USB devices."

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resmgr in SUSE Linux 9.2 and 9.3, and possibly other distributions, allows local users to bypass access control rules for USB devices via "alternate syntax for specifying USB devices."

Published Apr 26, 2006

2.1

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.38%

Description

resmgr in SUSE Linux 9.2 and 9.3, and possibly other distributions, allows local users to bypass access control rules for USB devices via "alternate syntax for specifying USB devices."

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.38% 0.00384

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00384

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.38% (0.00384)	29.97th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.38% (0.00384)	29.92th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.06% (0.00058)	15.22th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_22_sr.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15037
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_22_sr.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15037		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 26, 2006

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Apr 26, 2006

Link CVE-2005-4788

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-4788

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-4788