VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2006-3378
CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2006-07-06
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
passwd command in shadow in Ubuntu 5.04 through 6.06 LTS, when called with the -f, -g, or -s flag, does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits.