CVE-2001-1017 (GCVE-0-2001-1017)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2002-03-09 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 04:44
VLAI?
Summary
rmuser utility in FreeBSD 4.2 and 4.3 creates a copy of the master.passwd file with world-readable permissions while updating the original file, which could allow local users to gain privileges by reading the copied file while rmuser is running, obtain the password hashes, and crack the passwords.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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Nomenclature
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