CVE-2005-2807

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Sep 7, 2005
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2005-2807: High severity, CVSS 7.2 | Vulnix