Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 16, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2005-2579
CVE-2005-2579
Description
Nortel Contivity VPN Client V05_01.030, when configuring a certificate to be used as authentication, does not properly drop system privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening a program with the File Open dialog box.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
1- marc.infonvd
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