CVE-2005-4659 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges by exploiting world-readable backup keys to restore malicious configurations via the system restore utility.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2005-4659?
CVE-2005-4659 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Jan 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-4659?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ipcop Ipcop.
How do I fix CVE-2005-4659?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-4659 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2005-4659 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-4659 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9m7h-2ggv-4q9j.