Vulnerability in GNU Gdb
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 · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (35.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 35.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
References
- secunia.com/advisories/17072 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/18506 (third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-709.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-015.htm
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-801.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200505-15.xml (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11072 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/17356 (third-party-advisory)