CVEvulnerability

CVE-2001-1017

7.2 HIGH Published 2001-09-04 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2001-09-04
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 7.2 HIGH — AV: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.

Affected configurations

• freebsd freebsd 4.2 • freebsd freebsd 4.3

References

ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:59.rmuser.v1.1.asc Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/1947 www.osvdb.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3282 Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7086 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:59.rmuser.v1.1.asc Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/1947 www.osvdb.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3282 Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7086 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com