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.

EPSS: 0.004 (35.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Scponly — versions 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
  • N/a — versions n/a

References