CVE-2001-1017

Published Sep 4, 2001

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description: 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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.2
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "DF49BF03-C25E-4737-84D5-892895C86C58"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "D2019E0E-426B-43AF-8904-1B811AE171E8"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Overview

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Weaknesses

Configurations

References