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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2005-4659

CVE-2005-4659

Description

IPCop (aka IPCop Firewall) before 1.4.10 has world-readable permissions for the backup.key file, which might allow local users to overwrite system configuration files and gain privileges by creating a malicious encrypted backup archive owned by "nobody", then executing ipcoprscfg to restore from this backup.

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Affected products

8
  • Ipcop/Ipcop8 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:ipcop:ipcop:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:ipcop:ipcop:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ipcop:ipcop:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ipcop:ipcop:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ipcop:ipcop:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ipcop:ipcop:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ipcop:ipcop:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ipcop:ipcop:1.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <1.4.10

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