CVE-2005-1151

N/A Unknown
Published: May 25, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/15475
Source: security@debian.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/15478
Source: security@debian.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/15505
Source: security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-728
Source: security@debian.org
Patch
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90622
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/15475
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/15478
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/15505
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-728
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200505-17.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
21th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

debian