CVE-2005-0392: Debian Ppxp

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Affected products

• Debian Ppxp: any version

Published 2005-05-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.