CVE-2005-0580 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can exploit a setuid binary to read the poppasswd file and potentially escalate privileges due to improper privilege dropping.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2005-0580?
CVE-2005-0580 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Feb 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
cmd5checkpw, when running setuid, does not properly drop privileges before calling the execvp function, which allows local users to read the poppasswd file.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0580?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Krzysztof Dabrowski Cmd5checkpw.
How do I fix CVE-2005-0580?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-0580 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2005-0580 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0580 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m2wv-whm5-7rwm.