CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-0392

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The vulnerability in ppxp is that the program does not drop root privileges before opening log files, allowing local users to execute arbitrary commands.

Risk Assessment

A local user can exploit this flaw to escalate privileges and gain control over the system.

Recommendation

Update ppxp to the latest version that fixes this vulnerability, or apply appropriate security patches.

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Original NVD description (English source)

ppxp does not drop root privileges before opening log files, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands.

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