CVEvulnerability

CVE-2001-1175

7.2 HIGH Published 2002-04-01 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2002-04-01
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

vipw in the util-linux package before 2.10 causes /etc/shadow to be world-readable in some cases, which would make it easier for local users to perform brute force password guessing.

Affected configurations

• andries brouwer util-linux 2.10s • andries brouwer util-linux 2.11d

References