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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2005-4280 json

Untrusted search path vulnerability in CMake before 2.2.0-r1 on Gentoo Linux allows local users in the portage group to gain privileges via…

published 2005-12-16 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-4275

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Untrusted search path vulnerability in CMake before 2.2.0-r1 on Gentoo Linux allows local users in the portage group to gain privileges via a malicious shared object in the Portage temporary build directory, which is part of the RUNPATH.

Exploit prediction

0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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