cve-2001-1017
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2002-03-09 05:00
Modified
2024-08-08 04:44
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
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.
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