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CVE-2001-1487

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

popauth utility in Qualcomm Qpopper 4.0 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute commands as the pop user via a symlink attack on the -trace file option.

Affected products

• Qualcomm Qpopper: through 4.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/246069
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7707
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/246069
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7707

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