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CVE-2005-0072
zhcon before 0.2 does not drop privileges before reading a user configuration file, which allows local users to read arbitrary files.
- 2.1LowCVSS base score
- 0.47%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 59% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
zhcon before 0.2 does not drop privileges before reading a user configuration file, which allows local users to read arbitrary files.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 15 days later
· 15 days later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.47% · top 59% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 12343 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1012977 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 13982 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 13977 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-655 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 13987 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- zhcon-information-disclosure(19045) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-0073 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-0072)Record last updated .