CVE-2000-0442

Qpopper <2.53 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2000-0442. PoCs published by Prizm.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a buffer overflow in Qpopper 2.53 by crafting a malicious email with shellcode in the X-UIDL header and a format string in the 'From:' field. The 'euidl' command triggers the overflow, allowing arbitrary code execution with group 'mail' permissions.

Description

Qpopper 2.53 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a formatting string in the From: header, which is processed by the euidl command.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Prizm · clocallinux

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19955

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This exploit targets a buffer overflow in Qpopper 2.53 by crafting a malicious email with shellcode in the X-UIDL header and a format string in the 'From:' field. The 'euidl' command triggers the overflow, allowing arbitrary code execution with group 'mail' permissions.

Classification

Working Poc 90%

Attack Type

Rce

Complexity

Moderate

Reliability

Theoretical

Target: Qpopper 2.53 and prior

Auth required

Prerequisites: An account on the target machine · Ability to send emails to the target

MITRE ATT&CK

T1190 - Exploit Public-Facing Application T1203 - Exploitation for Client Execution

devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0267.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1242

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_51.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0335

EPSS Percentile 87.2%

Details

Status published

Products (4)

qualcomm/qpopper 2.52

qualcomm/qpopper 2.53

sun/cobalt_raq_2

sun/cobalt_raq_3i

Published May 24, 2000

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026