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CVE-2009-2482

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
16/07/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

The pam_unix module in OpenPAM in NetBSD 4.0 before 4.0.2 and 5.0 before 5.0.1 allows local users to change the current root password if it is already known, even when they are not in the wheel group.

Impact

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

Base Score: 6.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Base Score 2.0
6.90
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:4.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:4.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:5.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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


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