CVE-2005-3546 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper for Linux before 2.15.484 and Anti-Virus Linux Gateway before 2.16. The flaw stems from suid.cgi scripts being installed SUID with world-executable permissions, allowing local users to gain root privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its low attack complexity and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog or showing active exploitation, a public exploit (EDB-1297) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:f-secure_anti-virus:*:*:linux_gateways:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f-secure:internet_gatekeeper:*:*:linux:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.