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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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-0581 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T00:06:21.920Z

Reserved: 2005-02-27T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2005-0580

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-02-25T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-0580

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