CVE-2005-1151

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.

7.2

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.06%

Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-1151?: CVE-2005-1151 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-1151?: To fix CVE-2005-1151, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-1151 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2005-1151 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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