Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 25, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2005-0580
CVE-2005-0580
Description
cmd5checkpw, when running setuid, does not properly drop privileges before calling the execvp function, which allows local users to read the poppasswd file.
Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:krzysztof_dabrowski:cmd5checkpw:0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:krzysztof_dabrowski:cmd5checkpw:0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:krzysztof_dabrowski:cmd5checkpw:0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:krzysztof_dabrowski:cmd5checkpw:0.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
1- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-30.xmlnvdVendor Advisory
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