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CVE-2005-2807

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-09-07 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• Frox: 0.7.18

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/409667
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14711
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/409667
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14711

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