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CVE-2002-1509

A patch for shadow-utils 20000902 causes the useradd command to create a mail spool files with read/write privileges of the new user's grou…

Published 23 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
3.6
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.4%
percentile 31%
Public exploits
0
none known

A patch for shadow-utils 20000902 causes the useradd command to create a mail spool files with read/write privileges of the new user's group (mode 660), which allows other users in the same group to read or modify the new user's incoming email.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.37% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.03.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

References

  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2003-058.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • mandrakesoft.com /security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:026 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRAKE, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.redhat.com /bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=75418 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2003-057.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred

Sources

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