CVE-2005-2180 describes a local file overwrite vulnerability in the gen-index utility of GNATS versions 4.0 and 4.1.0, and potentially earlier. When installed setuid, gen-index fails to properly validate files passed via the -o argument, allowing an attacker to write to arbitrary files. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), indicating a local attack with low complexity and a potential impact of partial integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnats:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnats:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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