CVE-2011-4355 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2011-4355

GNU Project Debugger (GDB) before 7.5, when .debug_gdb_scripts is defined,...

Vulnerability Description

GNU Project Debugger (GDB) before 7.5, when .debug_gdb_scripts is defined, automatically loads certain files from the current working directory, which allows local users to gain privileges via crafted files such as Python scripts.

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

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

gdb
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 4.18, 5.0, 5.0.92, 5.0.93, 5.1, 5.1.1, 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.3, 6.0, 6.1, 6.1.1, 6.2, 6.2.1, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.7.1, 6.8, 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.3.1, 7.4

Timeline

Official Publish: March 4th, 2013
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.