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CVE-2005-2579
N/ADescription
Nortel Contivity VPN Client V05_01.030, when configuring a certificate to be used as authentication, does not properly drop system privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening a program with the File Open dialog box.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A
Published8/16/2005
Last Modified4/16/2026
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Affected Products
nortel:contivity
References
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112370730131219&w=2(cve@mitre.org)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112370730131219&w=2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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