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CVE-2000-0442

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2003-12-12 qpopper format string vulnerability

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Details

Type CVE Entry
Name CVE-2000-0442

Description

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.

References

Source Reference
BUGTRAQ 20000523 Qpopper 2.53 remote problem, user can gain gid=mail
SUSE 20000608 pop <= 2000.3.4
BID 1242
XF qualcomm-qpopper-euidl