CVE-2005-1151 - qpopper 4.0.5 and earlier does not properly drop privileges before processing certain user-supplied

CVE-2005-1151

Summary

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.

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-728
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200505-17.xml

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:debian:qpopper:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:qpopper:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:qpopper:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:qpopper:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:qpopper:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:qpopper:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	7.2 (as of 05-09-2008 - 20:48)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
LOCAL	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
COMPLETE	COMPLETE	COMPLETE

cvss-vector via4

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

refmap via4

debian	DSA-728
gentoo	GLSA-200505-17
misc	http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90622
secunia	15475 15478 15505

Last major update

05-09-2008 - 20:48

Published

25-05-2005 - 04:00

Last modified

05-09-2008 - 20:48