CVE-2005-1151 Privilege escalation in n/a
High 7.2
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-1151 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2005-1151 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 May 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1151 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-1151/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-1151/index.md)
Local attackers can exploit improper privilege dropping in qpopper to overwrite or create arbitrary files as root, leading to privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-1151?
CVE-2005-1151 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 May 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1151?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Debian Qpopper.
How do I fix CVE-2005-1151?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2005-1151 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1151 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rrh3-gpv6-cmj6.