7.2 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
24.7%
passwd command in shadow in Ubuntu 5.04 through 6.06 LTS, when called with the -f, -g, or -s flag, does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Debian | 12 | all | shadow | < 1:4.0.14-1 | shadow_1:4.0.14-1_all.deb |
Debian | 11 | all | shadow | < 1:4.0.14-1 | shadow_1:4.0.14-1_all.deb |
Debian | 10 | all | shadow | < 1:4.0.14-1 | shadow_1:4.0.14-1_all.deb |
Debian | 999 | all | shadow | < 1:4.0.14-1 | shadow_1:4.0.14-1_all.deb |
Debian | 13 | all | shadow | < 1:4.0.14-1 | shadow_1:4.0.14-1_all.deb |