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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,

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Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. Public exploit on Exploit-DB

    EDB-25361

  2. CVE published
  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 6

osvdb.org

securitytracker.com

patches.sgi.com

idefense.com

secunia.com

Exploit-DB