CVE-2005-4532

scponlyc in scponly 4.1 and earlier, when the operating system supports LD_PRELOAD mechanisms, allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by creating a chroot directory in their home directory, hard linking to a system setuid application, and using a modified LD_PRELOAD to modify expected function calls in the setuid application.

Published: 2005-12-27 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-4532 is rated Moderate Risk (40.9/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.42%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4532

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 0.06% 0.42% +0.36%
2 2023-05-22 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4532

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-4532

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-4532

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2005-4532: 1 GLSA(s) (200512-17), 1 atom(s) (net-misc/scponly); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-4532
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-4532 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (scponly), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-4532

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4532

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
scponly scponly 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scponly scponly 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scponly scponly 3.3 cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scponly scponly 3.4 cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scponly scponly 3.6 cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scponly scponly 3.7 cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scponly scponly 3.8 cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scponly scponly 3.9 cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scponly scponly 3.11 cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scponly scponly 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
scponly scponly 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:scponly:scponly:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4532

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