CVE-2005-4532 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges to root by exploiting LD_PRELOAD in scponlyc when chroot directories are used.
- 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-2005-4532?
CVE-2005-4532 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Dec 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-4532?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Scponly Scponly.
How do I fix CVE-2005-4532?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2005-4532 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-4532 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-24xx-ff7h-g5rx.