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CVE-2005-4280

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-4280 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability in CMake versions prior to 2.2.0-r1, specifically impacting Gentoo Linux. This flaw allows local users within the 'portage' group to achieve privilege escalation by introducing a malicious shared object into the Portage temporary build directory. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its low attack complexity and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
N/AN/A
n/aCNA affected

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
41.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0052 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 3,235 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/17232
Vendor Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-14.xml
osvdb.org / 20088
securityfocus.com / bid/15120
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2119