Vulnerability Report

CVE-2005-3546

Title: F-Secure suid.cgi SUID world-executable scripts allow privilege gain

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2005-3546

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Nov 16, 2005

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.80%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2005-3546: suid.cgi scripts in F-Secure (1) Internet Gatekeeper for Linux before 2.15.484 and (2) Anti-Virus Linux Gateway before 2.16 are installed SUID with world-executable permissions, which allows local users to gain privilege.

Impacted Vendors

f-secure 2

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/17467 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015159 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015160 http://www.f-secure.com/security/fsc-2005-3.shtml http://www.osvdb.org/20513 http://www.osvdb.org/20537 http://www.osvdb.org/20538 http://www.osvdb.org/20539 http://www.osvdb.org/20540 http://www.osvdb.org/20541 http://www.osvdb.org/20542 http://www.osvdb.org/20543 http://www.osvdb.org/20544 http://www.osvdb.org/20545 http://www.osvdb.org/20546 http://www.osvdb.org/20547 http://www.osvdb.org/20548 http://www.osvdb.org/20549 http://www.osvdb.org/20550 http://www.osvdb.org/20551 http://www.osvdb.org/20552 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15339 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2331 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22966 http://secunia.com/advisories/17467 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015159 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015160 http://www.f-secure.com/security/fsc-2005-3.shtml http://www.osvdb.org/20513 http://www.osvdb.org/20537 http://www.osvdb.org/20538 http://www.osvdb.org/20539 http://www.osvdb.org/20540 http://www.osvdb.org/20541 http://www.osvdb.org/20542 http://www.osvdb.org/20543 http://www.osvdb.org/20544 http://www.osvdb.org/20545 http://www.osvdb.org/20546 http://www.osvdb.org/20547 http://www.osvdb.org/20548 http://www.osvdb.org/20549 http://www.osvdb.org/20550 http://www.osvdb.org/20551 http://www.osvdb.org/20552 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15339 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2331 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22966

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2005-3546 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1297

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

November 16, 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:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.