CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-4533

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

An argument injection vulnerability in scponlyc in scponly 4.1 and earlier, when both scp and rsync compatibility are enabled, allows local users to execute arbitrary applications via getopt-style argument specifications that are not filtered.

Risk Assessment

The risk is that a local user can exploit this flaw to run unauthorized programs, potentially leading to privilege escalation or system integrity compromise.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately upgrade scponly to a version later than 4.1 that includes a fix filtering getopt-style arguments.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Argument injection vulnerability in scponlyc in scponly 4.1 and earlier, when both scp and rsync compatibility are enabled, allows local users to execute arbitrary applications via "getopt" style argument specifications, which are not filtered.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS