CVE-2005-4532
scponlyc in scponly 4.1 and earlier, when the operating system supports LD_PRELOAD mechanisms, allows local users to execute arbitrary…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 0.43%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 62% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
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)
- 0.43% · top 62% of all CVEs (9 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
8
- 18223 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 16051 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 18236 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-969 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 18829 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://sublimation.org/scponly/#relnotes (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-200512-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- scponly-scponlyc-privilege-escalation(23874) (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-2005-4527 (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-2005-4532)Record last updated .