CVE-2005-0013 Privilege escalation in n/a
High 7.2
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-0013 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2005-0013 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Feb 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0013 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0013/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0013/index.md)
Local users can gain root privileges because the NetWare client utility fails to drop root permissions before execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-0013?
CVE-2005-0013 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Feb 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
nwclient.c in ncpfs before 2.2.6 does not drop root privileges before executing utilities using the NetWare client functions, which allows local users to gain privileges.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0013?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ncpfs Ncpfs.
How do I fix CVE-2005-0013?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2005-0013 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0013 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DSA-665-1, GHSA-h263-cqx8-8926.