CVE-2005-0666

MEDIUM 4.6CVE-2005-0666 · Published 02/05/2005 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2005-0666 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability affecting pax linux (the pax team).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.5%, higher than 85.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
pax linux the_pax_team	`= 2.2= 2.4.20= 2.4.21= 2.4.22= 2.4.23= 2.4.24= 2.4.25= 2.4.26= 2.4.27= 2.4.28= 2.6.5`	No fix yet

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.

References

secunia.com/advisories/14489
securityfocus.com/archive/1/392348
securityfocus.com/bid/12729 · Exploit

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