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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 25, 2005· Updated Jun 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.

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Affected products

3
  • Krzysztof Dabrowski/Cmd5checkpw3 versions
    cpe: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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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