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CVE-2002-0762

shadow package in SuSE 8.0 allows local users to destroy the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files or assign extra group privileges to some users by changing filesize limits before calling programs that modify the files.

Published

2002-08-12T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	suse	suse_linux	8.0	Yes

References

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9102.php Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_17_shadow.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4757 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9102.php Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_17_shadow.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4757 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)