Vulnerability in Gentoo Nview
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 · 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 (33.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 33.5% 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
- Gentoo Nview — versions 4.51
- Gentoo Xnview — versions 1.70
References
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi
- www.osvdb.org/22093 (vdb-entry)
- www.osvdb.org/22094 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/18235 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23910 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/16087 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/18240 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-18.xml (vendor-advisory, Patch)