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CVE-2005-2579

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2005-08-16 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Nortel Contivity

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References