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CVE-2006-1174

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
28/05/2006
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

useradd in shadow-utils before 4.0.3, and possibly other versions before 4.0.8, does not provide a required argument to the open function when creating a new user mailbox, which causes the mailbox to be created with unpredictable permissions and possibly allows attackers to read or modify the mailbox.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.70 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
3.70
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:debian:shadow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.0.7 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:debian:shadow:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:shadow:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:shadow:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:shadow:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:shadow:4.0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:shadow:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:shadow:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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