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CVE-2011-4355

Public on 2013-03-02
Modified on 2014-09-15
Description

GNU Project Debugger (GDB) before 7.5, when .debug_gdb_scripts is defined, automatically loads certain files from the current working directory, which allows local users to gain privileges via crafted files such as Python scripts.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
3.7
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 gdb 2013-03-02 16:48 ALAS-2013-159

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 3.7 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv2 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C