Description
Nortel Contivity VPN Client V05_01.030, when configuring a certificate to be used as authentication, does not properly drop system privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening a program with the File Open dialog box.
Published: 2005-08-16
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-2580 Nortel Contivity VPN Client V05_01.030, when configuring a certificate to be used as authentication, does not properly drop system privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening a program with the File Open dialog box.
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Nortel Contivity
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:30:01.758Z

Reserved: 2005-08-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2579

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-08-16T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-2579

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