CVE-2006-1174

CVE Details

Release Date:2006-05-28
Impact:Low What is this?

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.

See more information about CVE-2006-1174 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.


CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score: 3.7
Vector String: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version: 2.0
Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: High
Authentication: None
Confidentiality Impact: Partial
Integrity Impact: Partial
Availability Impact: Partial

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