CVE-2005-0261 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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: 2005-02-10

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-0262	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0007.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/14232
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY67457&apar=only
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY67655&apar=only
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=195&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12513
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19281

History

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Subscriptions

Ibm Aix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-10T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:05:25.491Z

Reserved: 2005-02-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-0261

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-02-10T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-0261

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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