CVE-2005-0627

Qt before 3.3.4 searches the BUILD_PREFIX directory, which could be world-writable, to load shared libraries regardless of the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable, which allows local users to execute arbitrary programs.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-0627 is rated Low Risk (28.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.36%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0627

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.16% 0.36% +0.20%
2 2026-02-20 0.07% 0.16% +0.09%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.07% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0627

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0627

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-0627

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2005-0627: 1 GLSA(s) (200503-01), 1 atom(s) (x11-libs/qt); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-0627
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-0627 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (qt-x11-free), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-0627

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0627

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
trolltech qt 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:trolltech:qt:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trolltech qt 3.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:trolltech:qt:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trolltech qt 3.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:trolltech:qt:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trolltech qt 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:trolltech:qt:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trolltech qt 3.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:trolltech:qt:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trolltech qt 3.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:trolltech:qt:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trolltech qt 3.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:trolltech:qt:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trolltech qt 3.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:trolltech:qt:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trolltech qt 3.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:trolltech:qt:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trolltech qt 3.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:trolltech:qt:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trolltech qt 3.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:trolltech:qt:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trolltech qt 3.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:trolltech:qt:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0627

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