CVE-2002-1509
N/A
Published: September 1, 2004 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:59 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
A patch for shadow-utils 20000902 causes the useradd command to create a mail spool files with read/write privileges of the new user's group (mode 660), which allows other users in the same group to read or modify the new user's incoming email.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=75418Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:026Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-057.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-058.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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