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CVE-2005-4791

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-4791 describes multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in SUSE Linux 10.0, specifically impacting the liferea and banshee applications. These flaws allow the working directory to be added to LD_LIBRARY_PATH, potentially enabling local users to execute arbitrary code. With a low severity CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), it indicates a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact of partial integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0044 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-4791

liferea uses insecure LD_LIBRARY_PATH

References

osvdb.org / 39580
secunia.com / advisories/27771
sourceforge.net / project/shownotes.php
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_22_sr.html
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/15040
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/3965