VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-1151
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.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.36%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.36% probability · 29th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- debian/qpopper
- Source
- security@debian.org
References
- 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-728Patch
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200505-17.xml
- 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-728Patch
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200505-17.xml
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.