CVE-2005-0666 EXPLOIT
4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 2.5% (pctl 84)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Unknown vulnerability in PaX from the September 2003 release to 2.2 before 2005.03.05, related to SEGMEXEC or RANDEXEC and VMA mirroring, allows local users and possibly remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and execute arbitrary code.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.6 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 2.53% — more likely to be exploited than 84% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2005-05-02 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| the pax team | pax linux |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | PaX - Double-Mirrored VMA munmap Privilege Escalation | 2005-03-14 |
References
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