Vulnerability Report

CVE-2005-1379

Title: LAM runtime environment mpi user no password privilege escalation

Privilege Escalation

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2005-1379.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date May 03, 2005

Modified Date Apr 03, 2025

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.06%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2005-1379: The LAM runtime environment package (lam-runtime-7.0.6-2mdk) on Mandrake Linux installs the mpi user without a password, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Impacted Vendors

mandrakesoft 1

Reference Links

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111472262231060&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13431 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111472262231060&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13431

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2005-1379 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

May 03, 2005 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.