CVE-2005-0261 (GCVE-0-2005-0261)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-02-10 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 21:05
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?i… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
http://secunia.com/advisories/14232 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12513 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPAR
Date Public
2005-02-10 00:00
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