CVE-2005-4279 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2005-12-16

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:qt-unixodbc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-4274	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00055.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/17232
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-14.xml
http://www.osvdb.org/20087
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15120
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2119

History

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Subscriptions

Gentoo Qt-unixodbc

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-12-16T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:38:51.746Z

Reserved: 2005-12-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-4279

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-12-16T11:03:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-4279

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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