HIGH
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
Published May 25, 2005
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.36%
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
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.36% 0.00357
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00357
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00357) | 27.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00357) | 27.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00056) | 14.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 27.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 1, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 25.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 23.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90622 x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15475 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15478 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15505 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-728 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatch
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200505-17.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90622 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/15475 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/15478 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/15505 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-728 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatch | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200505-17.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner debian
Published May 25, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Apr 18, 2005
Link CVE-2005-1151
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a