Vulnerability CVE-2011-4355
Published: 2013-03-05   Modified: 2013-03-06

Description:
GNU Project Debugger (GDB) before 7.5, when .debug_gdb_scripts is defined, automatically loads certain files from the current working directory, which allows local users to gain privileges via crafted files such as Python scripts.

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.9/10
10/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
GNU -> GDB 

 References:
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028191
http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2011-05/msg00202.html
http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2011-04/msg00559.html
http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/gdb/NEWS?content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=src
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0522.html
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