CVE-2005-2657 — Unknown vulnerability in common-lisp-controller 4.18 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges by compiling arbitrary code in the cache directory, which is executed by another user if the user has not run Common Lisp before

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Unknown vulnerability in common-lisp-controller 4.18 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges by compiling arbitrary code in the cache directory, which is executed by another user if the user has not run Common Lisp before

Published Sep 16, 2005

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.36%

Description

Unknown vulnerability in common-lisp-controller 4.18 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges by compiling arbitrary code in the cache directory, which is executed by another user if the user has not run Common Lisp before.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.36% 0.00360

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00360

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 2, 2026	0.36% (0.00360)	27.43th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.36% (0.00360)	27.59th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.07% (0.00068)	18.24th	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	0.95% (0.00950)	32.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	30.63th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	28.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	13.46th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://secunia.com/advisories/16822/
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-811
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14829
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22275
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/16822/		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-811		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14829		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22275		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner debian

Published Sep 16, 2005

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Aug 22, 2005

Link CVE-2005-2657

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-2657

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-2657