CVE-2006-1174

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…

published May 28, 2006

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
37.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00441 · 37.2th percentile
Published
2006-05-28T23:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 MAY 23:00Z
    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…
    cvelistv5