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Fencer Vulns
low 2.1

CVE-2005-0580 json

cmd5checkpw, when running setuid, does not properly drop privileges before calling the execvp function, which allows local users to read th…

published 2005-02-25 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0581

cvss
2.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 24%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

cmd5checkpw, when running setuid, does not properly drop privileges before calling the execvp function, which allows local users to read the poppasswd file.

Exploit prediction

0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

Sources

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