VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2001-1467

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.61%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2001-04-11
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

mkpasswd in expect 5.2.8, as used by Red Hat Linux 6.2 through 7.0, seeds its random number generator with its process ID, which limits the space of possible seeds and makes it easier for attackers to conduct brute force password attacks.

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