10.0crit

CVE-2005-2655

lockmail in maildrop before 1.5.3 does not drop privileges before executing commands, which allows local users to gain privileges via comma…

Published 21 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
10.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.5%
percentile 74%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

lockmail in maildrop before 1.5.3 does not drop privileges before executing commands, which allows local users to gain privileges via command line arguments.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.48% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.010.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

  • debian.org /security/2005/dsa-791 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred

Sources

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