CVE-2005-0580 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in krzysztof_dabrowski cmd5checkpw. When running with setuid permissions, cmd5checkpw fails to properly drop privileges before executing the execvp function, allowing local users to read the poppasswd file. This is a low-severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 2.1, requiring local access and low attack complexity to achieve a partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:krzysztof_dabrowski:cmd5checkpw:0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:krzysztof_dabrowski:cmd5checkpw:0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:krzysztof_dabrowski:cmd5checkpw:0.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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