VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-0464
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…
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.69%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.69%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.69% probability · 51th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- sgi/irix
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050402-01-PPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14875
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013662
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=226&type=vulnerabilitiesPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/15351
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050402-01-PPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14875
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013662
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=226&type=vulnerabilitiesPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/15351
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.