CVE-2005-2807

N/A
Published: September 7, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFrox

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%

Description

frox 0.7.18, when running setuid root, does not properly drop privileges when reading a configuration file, which allows local users to read portions of arbitrary files via the -f command line option.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/409667
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14711

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other

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