CVE-2005-0261

Severity Score

7.1

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

lspath in AIX 5.2, 5.3, and possibly earlier versions, does not drop privileges before processing the -f option, which allows local users to read one line of arbitrary files.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-02-10 CVE Reserved
2005-02-10 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/14232	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12513	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19281	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY67457&apar=only	2017-07-11
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY67655&apar=only	2017-07-11

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=195&type=vulnerabilities	2017-07-11

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Aix Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix"				5.2 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix" and version "5.2"		-		Affected
Ibm Search vendor "Ibm"		Aix Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix"				5.3 Search vendor "Ibm" for product "Aix" and version "5.3"		-		Affected