CVE-2005-1100

Greylisting daemon (GLD) 1.3-1.4 - Remote Code Execution via Format String in ErrorLog Function

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-1100. PoCs published by Xpl017Elz.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a format string vulnerability in gld 1.4, allowing remote code execution via crafted input. It includes shellcode for a reverse shell and supports multiple Linux distributions.

Description

Format string vulnerability in the ErrorLog function in cnf.c in Greylisting daemon (GLD) 1.3 and 1.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in data that is passed directly to syslog.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Xpl017Elz · cremotelinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/934

This exploit targets a format string vulnerability in gld 1.4, allowing remote code execution via crafted input. It includes shellcode for a reverse shell and supports multiple Linux distributions.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: gld 1.4
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target service · Target running gld 1.4
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20067
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/15493
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Apr/1013678.html
Patch vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200504-10.xml
Patch third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/14941
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111339935903880&w=2

Scores

EPSS 0.1099
EPSS Percentile 95.3%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
salim_gasmi/gld 1.3
salim_gasmi/gld 1.4
Published May 02, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026