scponlyc in scponly 4.1 and earlier, when the operating system supports LD_PRELOAD mechanisms, allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by creating a chroot directory in their home directory, hard linking to a system setuid application, and using a modified LD_PRELOAD to modify expected function calls in the setuid application
Published Dec 28, 2005
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.43%
Description
scponlyc in scponly 4.1 and earlier, when the operating system supports LD_PRELOAD mechanisms, allows local users to execute arbitrary code with root privileges by creating a chroot directory in their home directory, hard linking to a system setuid application, and using a modified LD_PRELOAD to modify expected function calls in the setuid application.
Affected products
No data.
- 3.1
- 3.2
- 3.3
- 3.4
- 3.6
- 3.7
- 3.8
- 3.9
- 3.11
- 4.0
- 4.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00433) | 35.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.42% (0.00423) | 33.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00058) | 15.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 27.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 25.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 22, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 23.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.87% (0.01872) | 77.26th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.87% (0.01872) | 77.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.87% (0.01872) | 75.19th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.87% (0.01872) | 54.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18223 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18236 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18829 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://sublimation.org/scponly/#relnotes x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-969 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-17.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16051 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23874 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18223 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18236 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18829 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://sublimation.org/scponly/#relnotes | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-969 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-17.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16051 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23874 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.