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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 7.2/10
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
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
Timeline
- Published
- May 25, 2005
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified