Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 25, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2005-1151

Description

qpopper 4.0.5 and earlier does not properly drop privileges before processing certain user-supplied files, which allows local users to overwrite or create arbitrary files as root.

Affected products

Debian/Qpopper2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:debian:qpopper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:debian:qpopper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=4.0.4
- cpe:2.3:a:debian:qpopper:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-728nvdPatch
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
secunia.com/advisories/15475nvd
secunia.com/advisories/15478nvd
secunia.com/advisories/15505nvd
www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200505-17.xmlnvd

News mentions

No linked articles in our index yet.

cvss	0.000
epss	0.000
exploit	0.000
kev	0.000
patch	0.000
ransomware	0.000