CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-3503

7.2 HIGH Published 2005-11-05 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-11-05
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

chfn in pwdutils 3.0.4 and earlier on SuSE Linux, and possibly other operating systems, does not properly check arguments for the GECOS field, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Affected configurations

• pwdutils pwdutils (<= 3.0.4)

References