VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2005-0580

CVSS score2.1 LOW
EPSS probability0.32%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-02-25
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

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

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