CVE-2005-4595 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability (RPATH) in XnView 1.70 and NView 4.51 on Gentoo Linux allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious library in the current working directory.

Published: 2006-01-01

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:nview:4.51:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:xnview:1.70:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-4590	Untrusted search path vulnerability (RPATH) in XnView 1.70 and NView 4.51 on Gentoo Linux allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious library in the current working directory.

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 0.00069.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117063
http://secunia.com/advisories/18235
http://secunia.com/advisories/18240
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-18.xml
http://www.osvdb.org/22093
http://www.osvdb.org/22094
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16087
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23910

History

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Subscriptions

Gentoo Nview Xnview

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-01-01T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:53:27.223Z

Reserved: 2006-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-4595

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-12-31T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-4595

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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