7.5high

CVE-2000-04421 exploit

Qpopper 2.53 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a formatting string in the From: header, which is processed by the euidl…

Published 26 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
3.3%
percentile 89%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Qpopper 2.53 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a formatting string in the From: header, which is processed by the euidl command.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

3.35% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-19955 Cobalt RaQ 2.0/3.0 / qpopper 2.52/2.53 - 'EUIDL' Format String Input · local · 2000-05-24

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0267.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/1242 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • novell.com /linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_51.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred

Sources

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