CVE-2005-4659
N/A
Published: January 16, 2006 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:19 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorIpcop
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
IPCop (aka IPCop Firewall) before 1.4.10 has world-readable permissions for the backup.key file, which might allow local users to overwrite system configuration files and gain privileges by creating a malicious encrypted backup archive owned by "nobody", then executing ipcoprscfg to restore from this backup.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17513/x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=369759VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23056Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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