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CVE-2005-0261

lspath in AIX 5.2, 5.3, and possibly earlier versions, does not drop privileges before processing the -f option, which allows local users to read one line of arbitrary files.

Published

2005-02-10T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	ibm	aix	5.2	Yes
Operating System	ibm	aix	5.3	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/14232 ([email protected])
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY67457&apar=only Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY67655&apar=only Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=195&type=vulnerabilities Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12513 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19281 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/14232 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY67457&apar=only Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY67655&apar=only Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=195&type=vulnerabilities Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12513 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19281 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)