CVE-2005-1152

popauth.c in qpopper 4.0.5 and earlier does not properly set the umask, which may cause qpopper to create files with group or world-writable permissions.

Published: 2005-05-25 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-1152 is rated Low Risk (17.6/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1152

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2023-03-07 1.03% 0.07% -0.96%
2 2022-02-04 1.03%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1152

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1152

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-1152

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-1152 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (qpopper), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-1152

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1152

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
debian qpopper <= 4.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:debian:qpopper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian qpopper 4.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:debian:qpopper:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1152

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