# CVE-2005-4505: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local attackers can gain privileges by placing a malicious executable in the C: drive, exploiting an unquoted path in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **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:** No
- **Published:** 23 Dec 2005
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jx59-j4wf-4x4h

## What is CVE-2005-4505?

CVE-2005-4505 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Dec 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i (patch 11) and CMA 3.5 (patch 5) might allow local users to gain privileges via a malicious "program.exe" file in the C: folder, which is run by naPrdMgr.exe when it attempts to execute EntVUtil.EXE under an unquoted "Program Files" path.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-4505?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Mcafee Common Management Agent, Mcafee Virusscan Enterprise.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-4505?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-4505 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2005-4505 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-4505 exists.

Public exploit code:

- McAfee VirusScan 8.0 - Path Specification Privilege Escalation (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2006-5273](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5273/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2006-5274](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5274/): Integer overflow in n/a (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2006-5272](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5272/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2009-5115](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-5115/): Path traversal in n/a (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-4505 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-4505 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Dec 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-4505 exists.

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-2005-4505/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4505/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-4505
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4505
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-4505

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