CVE-2005-4772 describes a vulnerability in liby2util within SUSE Linux's YaST, affecting various SUSE Linux products prior to October 7, 2005. This flaw allows local users to potentially read or modify sensitive files due to improper preservation of permissions and ownerships when copying remote repositories, which could facilitate exploitation of other vulnerabilities like CVE-2005-3013. With a CVSS score of 6.4 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N), it indicates a moderate severity with potential for partial confidentiality and integrity impact, requiring no authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:suse:suse_linux_openexchange_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
goldCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:suse:suse_linux_school_server:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:suse:suse_linux_standard_server:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:suse:suse_sled_beagle:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:1.0:*:desktop:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.