LOW
gnome-pty-helper in GNOME libzvt2 and libvte4 allows local users to spoof the logon hostname via a modified DISPLAY environment variable
Published Oct 5, 2005
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.89%
Description
gnome-pty-helper in GNOME libzvt2 and libvte4 allows local users to spoof the logon hostname via a modified DISPLAY environment variable. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
2.1 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.89% 0.00894
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00894
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.89% (0.00894) | 58.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.89% (0.00894) | 54.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.15% (0.00149) | 32.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.92% (0.01924) | 78.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.92% (0.01924) | 76.07th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.92% (0.01924) | 55.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=330907 x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317312 x_refsource_MISC
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112879572407250&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17023 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15004 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1931 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22496 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=330907 | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=317312 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112879572407250&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/17023 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15004 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1931 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22496 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 5, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 5, 2005
Link CVE-2005-0023
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a