CVE-2005-2810 describes multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the urban application, specifically versions prior to 1.5.3. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability by providing an overly long HOME environment variable, leading to privilege escalation through vulnerable code in config.cc, game.cc, highscor.cc, or meny.cc. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable locally with no authentication required, allowing 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 or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:urban:urban:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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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.