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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

Published Sep 7, 2005

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.

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Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

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Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 7, 2005
Updated Sep 17, 2024
Reserved Sep 7, 2005
Link CVE-2005-2807
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-2005-2807
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2005-2807