Vulnerability in Ipcop
CVE-2005-4659
IPCop (aka IPCop Firewall) before 1.4.10 has world-readable permissions for the backup.key file, which might allow local users to overwrite system configuration files and gain privileges by creating a malicious encrypted backup archive owned by "nobody", then executing ipcoprscfg to restore from this backup.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (25.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 25.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Ipcop — versions 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.4
References
- sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php
- sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php
- secunia.com/advisories/17513/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15377 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23056 (vdb-entry)