CVE-2005-4659 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2005-4659

IPCop (aka IPCop Firewall) before 1.4.10 has world-readable permissions for...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

ipcop
Vulnerable Versions:
1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.4, 1.4.5, 1.4.6, 1.4.8, 1.4.9

Timeline

Official Publish: January 16th, 2006
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.