CVE-2005-4659

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
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: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

IPCop (aka IPCop Firewall) before 1.4.10 has world-readable permissions for the backup.key file, which might allow local users to overwrite system configuration files and gain privileges by creating a malicious encrypted backup archive owned by "nobody", then executing ipcoprscfg to restore from this backup.

Affected products

Ipcop: 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.4, 1.4.5, 1.4.6, 1.4.8 (+1)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/17513/
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=369759
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1344032&group_id=40604&atid=428516
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15377
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23056
http://secunia.com/advisories/17513/
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=369759
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1344032&group_id=40604&atid=428516
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15377
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23056

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