CVE-2005-1151

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions qpopper versions 4.0.5 and earlier

Description The issue arises from improper privilege handling when processing certain user-supplied files, allowing local users to overwrite or create arbitrary files as root.

Recommendations For qpopper versions 4.0.5 and earlier, update to a version that properly drops privileges before processing user-supplied files to prevent arbitrary file creation or overwrite as root.