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

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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

Published May 2, 2005

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.36%

Description

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.36% 0.00364

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00364

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 (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.36% (0.00364)	27.87th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.36% (0.00364)	28.05th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.06% (0.00061)	16.29th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111472262231060&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13431
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111472262231060&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13431		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 2, 2005

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved May 2, 2005

Link CVE-2005-1379

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-1379

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-1379