2.1
CVSSv2

CVE-2005-0464

Published: 02/05/2005 Updated: 05/09/2008
CVSS v2 Base Score: 2.1 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 215
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

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.

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sgi irix 6.5.22

Exploits

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/13057/info gr_osview is reported prone to an information disclosure vulnerability This issue can help a local attacker to obtain sensitive information such as exposing an administrator's password hash and carrying out other attacks This issue has been confirmed in SGI IRIX 6522 maintenance release Oth ...