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CVE-2009-2482

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.

Published

2009-07-16T16:30:00.453

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	netbsd	netbsd	4.0	Yes
Operating System	netbsd	netbsd	4.0	Yes
Operating System	netbsd	netbsd	4.0	Yes
Operating System	netbsd	netbsd	4.0.1	Yes
Operating System	netbsd	netbsd	4.1	Yes
Operating System	netbsd	netbsd	5.0	Yes
Operating System	netbsd	netbsd	5.0	Yes

References

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-004.txt.asc ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/55284 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/35553 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35465 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022432 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51312 ([email protected])
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-004.txt.asc (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/55284 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35553 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35465 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022432 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51312 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)