VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2006-1174
CVSS score3.7 LOW
EPSS probability0.44%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2006-05-28
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
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.
Primary references
- cret@cert.org
- cret@cert.org
- cret@cert.org — Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cret@cert.org — Vendor Advisory
- cret@cert.org — Vendor Advisory
- cret@cert.org — Vendor Advisory
- cret@cert.org — Vendor Advisory
- cret@cert.org — Vendor Advisory
- cret@cert.org — Vendor Advisory
- cret@cert.org — Vendor Advisory
- cret@cert.org — Vendor Advisory