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7.2
HIGH CVSS 2.0
CVE-2005-4279
Apache Symfony PHP LDAP Library BSD Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Qt-UnixODBC before 3.3.4-r1 on Gentoo Linux allows local users in the portage group to gain privileges via a malicious shared object in the Portage temporary build directory, which is part of the RUNPATH.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 16, 2005, 11:03 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 3, 2025, 1:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2005-4279 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Gentoo qt-unixodbc
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
This information is provided by the 3rd party feeds.
  • All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose dev-lang/perl All Qt-UnixODBC users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-db/qt-unixODBC-3.3.4-r1' All CMake users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose dev-util/cmake
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2005-4279.

URL Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/17232 Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-14.xml Patch
http://www.osvdb.org/20087
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15120 Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2119
http://secunia.com/advisories/17232 Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-14.xml Patch
http://www.osvdb.org/20087
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15120 Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2119
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2005-4279 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2005-4279 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2005-4279 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2005-4279 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/17232
    Added Reference http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-14.xml
    Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/20087
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15120
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2119
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 16, 2005

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.2
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} -0.00%

score

0.14011

percentile