CVE-2005-1941

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-06-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-276

Description

SilverCity before 0.9.5-r1 installs (1) cgi-styler-form.py, (2) cgi-styler.py, and (3) source2html.py with read and write world permissions, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

Silvercity Project Silvercity: before 0.9.5_r1 — fixed in 0.9.5_r1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Silvercity Project Silvercity 0.9.5_r1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93558
http://secunia.com/advisories/15632
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014153
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-05.xml
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93558
http://secunia.com/advisories/15632
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014153
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-05.xml

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