CVE-2011-4355

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Published 2013-03-05 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.9

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`7.6-1`
sid	Fixed	`7.6-1`
forky	Fixed	`7.6-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`7.6-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`7.6-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
gnu	gdb	`{"endIncluding":"7.4.1"}`
gnu	gdb	`4.18`
gnu	gdb	`5.0`
gnu	gdb	`5.0.92`
gnu	gdb	`5.0.93`
gnu	gdb	`5.1`
gnu	gdb	`5.1.1`
gnu	gdb	`5.2`
gnu	gdb	`5.2.1`
gnu	gdb	`5.3`
gnu	gdb	`6.0`
gnu	gdb	`6.1`
gnu	gdb	`6.1.1`
gnu	gdb	`6.2`
gnu	gdb	`6.2.1`
gnu	gdb	`6.3`
gnu	gdb	`6.4`
gnu	gdb	`6.5`
gnu	gdb	`6.6`
gnu	gdb	`6.7`
gnu	gdb	`6.7.1`
gnu	gdb	`6.8`
gnu	gdb	`7.0`
gnu	gdb	`7.0.1`
gnu	gdb	`7.1`
gnu	gdb	`7.2`
gnu	gdb	`7.3`
gnu	gdb	`7.3.1`
gnu	gdb	`7.4`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.