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CVE-2005-4595

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

2005-12-31T05:00:00.000

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	gentoo	nview	4.51	Yes
Application	gentoo	xnview	1.70	Yes

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117063 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/18235 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/18240 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-18.xml Patch ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/22093 ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/22094 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16087 Patch ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23910 ([email protected])
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117063 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/18235 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/18240 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-18.xml Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/22093 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/22094 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16087 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23910 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)