CVE-2005-1294

Affix Bluetooth Protocol Stack - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-1294. PoCs published by qobaiashi.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the BlueZ Bluetooth stack (CVE-2005-1294) by manipulating the `ecx` register to point to a controlled memory region, then executing shellcode to gain root privileges. It uses a combination of `mmap` and `brk` to ensure the memory region is writable and executable.

Description

The affix_sock_register in the Affix Bluetooth Protocol Stack for Linux might allow local users to gain privileges via a socket call with a negative protocol value, which is used as an array index.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by qobaiashi · clocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/926

This exploit targets a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the BlueZ Bluetooth stack (CVE-2005-1294) by manipulating the `ecx` register to point to a controlled memory region, then executing shellcode to gain root privileges. It uses a combination of `mmap` and `brk` to ensure the memory region is writable and executable.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: BlueZ Bluetooth stack on Linux kernels (tested on 2.6.4-52-default, 2.6.11.4-20a-default)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the target system · BlueZ Bluetooth stack installed · Vulnerable kernel version
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111445064725591&w=2

Scores

EPSS 0.0075
EPSS Percentile 50.1%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
nokia/affix < 3.2.0
Published Apr 24, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026