CVE-2005-4525 — SmcGui.exe in Sygate Protection Agent 5.0 build 6144 allows local users to obtain management control over the agent by executing the GUI (SmcGui.exe) and then killing the process, which causes the privileged management GUI to launch

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SmcGui.exe in Sygate Protection Agent 5.0 build 6144 allows local users to obtain management control over the agent by executing the GUI (SmcGui.exe) and then killing the process, which causes the privileged management GUI to launch

Published Dec 28, 2005

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.44%

Description

SmcGui.exe in Sygate Protection Agent 5.0 build 6144 allows local users to obtain management control over the agent by executing the GUI (SmcGui.exe) and then killing the process, which causes the privileged management GUI to launch.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.44% 0.00437

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

EPSS probability 0.00437

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	0.44% (0.00437)	35.64th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.43% (0.00426)	33.83th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.10% (0.00099)	25.26th	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/18175/
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.irmplc.com/advisory014.htm
x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419909/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15977/
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/18175/		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.irmplc.com/advisory014.htm		x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419909/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15977/		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 28, 2005

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Dec 28, 2005

Link CVE-2005-4525

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-4525

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-4525