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CVE-2001-1046: Qualcomm Qpopper: Privilege escalation
CVE-2001-1046 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Qualcomm Qpopper. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.
Vulnerability description
Buffer overflow in qpopper (aka qpop or popper) 4.0 through 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a long username.
Severity breakdown
CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
- Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
- Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
- Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
- Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
- Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.
Affected products
- Qualcomm Qpopper: 4.0; 4.0.1; 4.0.2