CVE-2005-2807 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in frox 0.7.18. When running with setuid root privileges, frox fails to properly drop these privileges when reading configuration files, allowing local attackers to read arbitrary file portions using the -f command-line option. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity due to its local attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-26218) confirms the existence of exploit code, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.7.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:frox:frox:0.7.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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