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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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-2808 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T03:27:57.323Z

Reserved: 2005-09-07T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2005-2807

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-09-07T18:03:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-2807

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