CVE-2006-1174
Estado: ModificadaBaja (3.7)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Puntuación base: 3.7
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.44%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 36
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-264
Referencias
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc
- http://cvs.pld.org.pl/shadow/NEWS?rev=1.109
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20370
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20506
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25098
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25267
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25629
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25894
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25896
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26909
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27706
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-249.htm
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-02.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312692
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:090
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0276.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0431.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468336/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18111
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018221
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2006
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26958
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1357
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10807
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc
- http://cvs.pld.org.pl/shadow/NEWS?rev=1.109
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20370
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20506
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25098
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25267
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25629
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25894
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25896
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26909
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27706
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-249.htm
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-02.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312692
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:090
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0276.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0431.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468336/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18111
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018221
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2006
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26958
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1357
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10807
JSON original (NVD)
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