Name: CVE-2005-0580: Undefined Security Weakness
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2005-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2005-0580, CVSS 3.3, EPSS 0.00318

cmd5checkpw, when running setuid, does not properly drop privileges before calling the execvp function, which allows local users to read the poppasswd file.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 3.3

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade net-mail/cmd5checkpw.	Oct 30, 2017	Feb 25, 2005

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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