CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-0002

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Vulnerability in poppassd_pam 1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to change passwords for arbitrary users without verifying the old password.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can take over user accounts, gaining unauthorized access to the system and data.

Recommendation

Immediately update poppassd_pam to the latest version that requires correct verification of the old password before changing it.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

poppassd_pam 1.0 and earlier, when changing a user password, does not verify that the user entered the old password correctly, which allows remote attackers to change passwords for arbitrary users.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS