CVE-2005-2655

Summary

CVECVE-2005-2655
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-08-30 17:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionlockmail in maildrop before 1.5.3 does not drop privileges before executing commands, which allows local users to gain privileges via command line arguments.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Maildrop Maildrop 0.50 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 0.51 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 0.51b All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 0.51c All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 0.54 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 0.54a All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 0.54b All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 0.55 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 0.55a All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 0.55b All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 0.55c All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 0.60 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 0.61 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 0.62 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 0.63 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 0.64 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 0.65 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 0.70 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 0.71 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 0.72 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 0.73 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 0.74 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 0.75 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 0.76 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 0.99.1 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 0.99.2 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 1.0 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 1.1 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 1.2 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 1.2.1 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 1.2.2 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 1.3.0 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 1.3.1 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 1.3.3 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 1.3.4 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 1.3.5 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 1.3.6 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 1.3.7 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 1.3.8 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 1.3.9 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 1.4.0 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 1.5.0 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 1.5.1 All All All
Application Maildrop Maildrop 1.5.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-791-1 maildrop af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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