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CVE-2005-1705

gdb before 6.3 searches the current working directory to load the .gdbinit configuration file, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands as the user running gdb.

Published

2005-05-24T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	gdb	≤ 6.3	Yes

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88398 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/17072 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/17356 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/18506 ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200505-15.xml Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-015.htm ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:095 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-709.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-801.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11072 ([email protected])
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88398 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17072 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17356 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/18506 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200505-15.xml Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-015.htm (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:095 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-709.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-801.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11072 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)