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CVE-2005-0464

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Sgi Irix: 6.5.22

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/14875
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1013662
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=226&type=vulnerabilities
• http://www.osvdb.org/15351
• http://secunia.com/advisories/14875
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1013662
• http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=226&type=vulnerabilities
• http://www.osvdb.org/15351

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