CVE-2005-2579 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Nortel Contivity VPN Client V05_01.030, when configuring a certificate to be used as authentication, does not properly drop system privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening a program with the File Open dialog box.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Nortel	Contivity

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:h:nortel:contivity:v05_01.030:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://www.spirityenterprise.com/virtual-ciso
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112370730131219&w=2

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-08-16T08:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:30:01.758Z

Reserved: 2005-08-16T04:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2579

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-08-16T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-2579

Redhat

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