CVE-2005-4791

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in SUSE Linux 10.0 cause the working directory to be added to LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) liferea or (2) banshee.

Published: 2005-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-4791 is rated Low Risk (21/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.44%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4791

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 0.15% 0.44% +0.29%
2 2025-05-28 0.08% 0.15% +0.07%
3 2023-03-07 0.08%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4791

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-4791

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-4791

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2005-4791 low priority: Debian including 2 source packages (beagle, liferea), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-4791
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-4791

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4791

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
novell suse_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4791

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