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CVE-2005-4659
IPCop (aka IPCop Firewall) before 1.4.10 has world-readable permissions for the backup.key file, which might allow local users to…
Low2.1EPSS 0.34%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 72% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=369759 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1344032&group_id=40604&atid=428516 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 17513 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 15377 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ipcop-backup-info-disclosure(23056) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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