VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2001-1017

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.37%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2001-09-04
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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