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CVE-2005-1917

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-07-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

kpopper 1.0 and earlier allows local users to create and overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .popper-new temporary file.

Affected products

• Kpopper: 1.0

References

• http://www.zataz.net/adviso/kpopper-06152005.txt
• http://www.zataz.net/adviso/kpopper-06152005.txt

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