CVE-2006-1174
N/A
Published: May 28, 2006 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:22 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorShadow
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
useradd in shadow-utils before 4.0.3, and possibly other versions before 4.0.8, does not provide a required argument to the open function when creating a new user mailbox, which causes the mailbox to be created with unpredictable permissions and possibly allows attackers to read or modify the mailbox.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (26)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SGI
Source: [email protected]
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.ascMailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISC
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/20370Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/20506Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/25098Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/25267Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/25629Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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