PT-2005-1043 · Zhcon · Zhcon

Erik Sjölund · Published 2005-01-24 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2005-0072

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions zhcon versions prior to 0.2

Description The issue allows local users to read arbitrary files due to the software not dropping privileges before reading a user configuration file. This can lead to a breach of confidentiality of protected information. The exploitation of this issue can be carried out by a local attacker.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.2, update to version 0.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to sensitive files that could be read through this issue until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-03329

CVE-2005-0072

DSA-655-1

Affected Products

Zhcon

References · 15

• 🔥 http://debian.org/security/2005/dsa-655 · Exploit
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:012 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0072 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-0072 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-03329 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0072 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0072 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0072 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1012977 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/13982 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/12343 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19045 · Note
• http://debian.org/security/dsa-655 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/13977 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/13987 · Note