CVE-2005-3546
suid.cgi scripts in F-Secure (1) Internet Gatekeeper for Linux before 2.15.484 and (2) Anti-Virus Linux Gateway before 2.16 are installed…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 0.80%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 43% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
suid.cgi scripts in F-Secure (1) Internet Gatekeeper for Linux before 2.15.484 and (2) Anti-Virus Linux Gateway before 2.16 are installed SUID with world-executable permissions, which allows local users to gain privilege.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- F-Secure Internet GateKeeper for Linux < 2.15.484 / Gateway < 2.16 - Local Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1297local, linuxpublished 7 Nov 2005Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 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 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.80% · top 43% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
24
- 1015160 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20546 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20543 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20538 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20540 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20549 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 17467 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.f-secure.com/security/fsc-2005-3.shtml (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20544 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20547 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2005-2331 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20550 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20541 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20551 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20537 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1015159 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20545 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20513 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20552 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- fsecure-scripts-root-privileges(22966) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20539 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20548 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 15339 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20542 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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-2005-3545 (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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