CVE-2005-0464

high

Description

gr_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.

References

http://www.osvdb.org/15351

http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=226&type=vulnerabilities

http://securitytracker.com/id?1013662

http://secunia.com/advisories/14875

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-05-02

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00291