AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
GNU Project Debugger (GDB) before 7.5, when .debug_gdb_scripts is defined, automatically loads certain files from the current working directory, which allows local users to gain privileges via crafted files such as Python scripts.
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0522.html
sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/gdb/NEWS?content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=src
sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2011-04/msg00559.html
sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2011-05/msg00202.html
www.securitytracker.com/id/1028191