CVE-2005-0464 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

gr_osview in SGI IRIX 6.5.22, and possibly other 6.5 versions, does not drop privileges when opening description files while in debug mode, which allows local users to read a line from arbitrary files via the -d and -D options, which prints the line as a formatting error.

Published: 2005-04-08

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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2005-0465	gr_osview in SGI IRIX 6.5.22, and possibly other 6.5 versions, does not drop privileges when opening description files while in debug mode, which allows local users to read a line from arbitrary files via the -d and -D options, which prints the line as a formatting error.

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 0.00595.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050402-01-P
http://secunia.com/advisories/14875
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013662
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=226&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.osvdb.org/15351

History

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Subscriptions

Sgi Irix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-04-08T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:13:54.220Z

Reserved: 2005-02-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-0464

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-0464

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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