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Qualcomm QPopper SUID Dropping Weakness

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Qualcomm QPopper SUID Dropping Weakness

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/25/2005
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/25/2005
Modified
02/13/2015

Description

QPopper does not properly drop its privileges before handling various files nor does it properly set its process umask. These weaknesses may lead to other information disclosure attacks.

Solution(s)

  • qpopper-upgrade-4_0_5

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