CVE-2005-4595 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Untrusted search path vulnerability (RPATH) in XnView 1.70 and NView 4.51 on Gentoo Linux allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious library in the current working directory.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00069.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Gentoo Subscribe	Nview Subscribe Xnview Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:nview:4.51:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:xnview:1.70:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-4590	Untrusted search path vulnerability (RPATH) in XnView 1.70 and NView 4.51 on Gentoo Linux allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious library in the current working directory.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117063
http://secunia.com/advisories/18235
http://secunia.com/advisories/18240
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-18.xml
http://www.osvdb.org/22093
http://www.osvdb.org/22094
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16087
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23910

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-01-01T23:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:53:27.223Z

Reserved: 2006-01-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-4595

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-4595

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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