VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2002-1227

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.43%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2002-10-28
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

PAM 0.76 treats a disabled password as if it were an empty (null) password, which allows local and remote attackers to gain privileges as disabled users.

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