CVE-2001-1017

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

FreeBSD

First reported 23 years ago

2001-09-04 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-10 01:29:00

Affected Software

FreeBSD 4.2

4.2

FreeBSD 4.3

4.3

References

FreeBSD-SA-01:59

Patch, Vendor Advisory

1947

3282

Patch, Vendor Advisory

rmuser-insecure-password-file(7086)

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