VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2002-1509
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.
LOW 3.6EPSS 0.37%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.6 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.37% probability · 31th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- redhat/linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=75418Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:026
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-057.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-058.html
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=75418Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:026
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-057.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-058.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.