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CVE-2005-0261
lspath in AIX 5.2, 5.3, and possibly earlier versions, does not drop privileges before processing the -f option, which allows local users…
Low2.1EPSS 0.34%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 72% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- IY67655 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- ibm-aix-ispath-information-disclosure(19281) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20050210 IBM AIX lspath Local File Access Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- 14232 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 12513 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- IY67457 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .