Vulnerability in Scponly
CVE-2005-4532
scponlyc in scponly 4.1 and earlier, when the operating system supports LD_PRELOAD mechanisms, allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by creating a chroot directory in their home directory, hard linking to a system setuid application, and using a modified LD_PRELOAD to modify expected function calls in the setuid application.
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 (35.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 35.2% 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
- Scponly — versions 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
References
- secunia.com/advisories/18223 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/16051 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/18236 (third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-969 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/18829 (third-party-advisory)
- sublimation.org/scponly/
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-17.xml (vendor-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23874 (vdb-entry)