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    CVE-2005-2579

    Nortel Contivity VPN Client V05_01.030, when configuring a certificate to be used as authentication, does not properly drop system privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening a program with the File Open dialog box.

    Published:Aug 16, 2005
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Aug 16, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.00026
    CVSS Score:7.2

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Nortel
    Product
    Contivity

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

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    CVE-2005-1802 (CVSS 5) — Nortel VPN Router (aka Contivity) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an IPsec IK…
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    CVE-2004-2621 (CVSS 4) — Nortel Contivity VPN Client 2.1.7, 3.00, 3.01, 4.91, and 5.01, when opening a VPN tunnel, does not check the g…
    CVE-2004-1105 (CVSS 5) — Nortel Networks Contivity VPN Client displays a different error message depending on whether the username is v…
    CVE-2000-0064 (CVSS 5) — cgiproc CGI script in Nortel Contivity HTTP server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a …
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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High