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CVE-2005-4442

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-4442 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability in OpenLDAP versions prior to 2.2.28-r3 on Gentoo Linux. This flaw allows local users within the 'portage' group to elevate privileges by injecting a malicious shared object into the Portage temporary build directory, which is part of the RUNPATH. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), this vulnerability has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring local access and low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.2.28_r2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
37.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0046 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 3,241 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-4442

CVE-2005-4442

References

secunia.com / advisories/18040
Vendor Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-07.xml
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/15120
Patch