Vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
CVE-2005-3629
initscripts in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 does not properly handle certain environment variables when /sbin/service is executed, which allows local users with sudo permissions for /sbin/service to gain root privileges via unknown vectors.
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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 (31.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.5% 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
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 3.0, 4.0
References
- secunia.com/advisories/19162 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25374 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/19532 (third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0016.html (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11198 (signature, vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/17038 (vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0015.html (vendor-advisory)