CVE-2005-1705

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    CVE-2005-1705

    Published: 24 May 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: gdb before 6.3 searches the current working directory to load the .gdbinit configuration file, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands as the user running gdb.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/17072, http://secunia.com/advisories/17356, http://secunia.com/advisories/18506, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200505-15.xml, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:095, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-709.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-801.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/17072, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:095, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-709.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-801.html, http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88398, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-015.htm, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11072

    Affected packages

    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