Vulnerability CVE-2005-1705
Published: 2005-05-24   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
gdb before 6.3 searches the current working directory to load the .gdbinit configuration file, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands as the user running gdb.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
GNU -> GDB 

 References:
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88398
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11072
http://secunia.com/advisories/18506
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200505-15.xml
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-015.htm
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:095
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-709.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-801.html
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