CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-2807

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

A local user can read sensitive data from arbitrary system files they normally cannot access, potentially leading to information disclosure.

Recommendation

Update frox to the latest version or apply a security patch. If updating is not possible, remove the setuid privilege from the frox binary.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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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