CVE-2005-0261

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-02-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

IBM AIX: 5.2, 5.3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/14232
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY67457&apar=only
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY67655&apar=only
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=195&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12513
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19281
http://secunia.com/advisories/14232
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY67457&apar=only
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY67655&apar=only
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=195&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12513
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19281

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