CVE-2005-1705

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-05-24 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

GNU gdb: through 6.3

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88398
http://secunia.com/advisories/17072
http://secunia.com/advisories/17356
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
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11072
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88398
http://secunia.com/advisories/17072

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