CVE-2005-0464

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-0464
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-02 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptiongr_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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5.22 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Accenture | Let there be change af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.idefense.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - SGI IRIX gr_osview Lets Local Users Obtain Sensitive Information and Overwrite Arbitrary Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Secunia - Advisories - SGI IRIX gr_osview Privilege Escalation and Information Disclosure af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
www.osvdb.org/15351 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050402-01-P af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com Patch
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