CVE-2005-1151

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Published May 25, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 7.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

qpopper 4.0.5 and earlier does not properly drop privileges before processing certain user-supplied files, which allows local users to overwrite or create arbitrary files as root.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:debian:qpopper::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:debian:qpopper:4.0.5:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-1154	qpopper 4.0.5 and earlier does not properly drop privileges before processing certain user-supplied files, which allows local users to overwrite or create arbitrary files as root.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.357% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90622
http://secunia.com/advisories/15475
http://secunia.com/advisories/15478
http://secunia.com/advisories/15505
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-728
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200505-17.xml

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Qpopper

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 9:35 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: debian
Published: May 25, 2005, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 9:35 PM
Reserved: Apr 18, 2005, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:12 PM

Status: Modified
Published: May 25, 2005, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:12 PM

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