CVE-2005-2807

Exp

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.

Published: 2005-09-07 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2807 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.95%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-2807

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26218 exploit_db edb 2005-09-01 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2807

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.40% 0.95% +0.55%
2 2026-02-05 0.13% 0.40% +0.27%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.13% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2807

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-2807

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-2807

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-2807 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (frox), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-2807

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2807

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
frox frox 0.7.18 cpe:2.3:a:frox:frox:0.7.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2807

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