CVE-2005-1705

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

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

Timeline

Published: May 24, 2005
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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