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CVE-2002-1509

Status: ModifiedLow (3.6)—
Severity3.6Low · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability0.37 %higher than 30% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

A patch for shadow-utils 20000902 causes the useradd command to create a mail spool files with read/write privileges of the new user's group (mode 660), which allows other users in the same group to read or modify the new user's incoming email.

CVSS

Base score
3.6
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.37 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
30
Score date
10/20/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Redhat — Linux

CWEs

References

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