CVE-2005-0261: IBM Aix

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: version 5.2 only; version 5.3 only

Published 2005-02-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.