VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2002-1672
Webmin 0.92, when installed from an RPM, creates /var/webmin with insecure permissions (world readable), which could allow local users to read the root user's cookie-based authentication credentials and possibly hijack the root user's session using the…
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.36%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.36%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Webmin 0.92, when installed from an RPM, creates /var/webmin with insecure permissions (world readable), which could allow local users to read the root user's cookie-based authentication credentials and possibly hijack the root user's session using the credentials.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.36% probability · 30th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- webmin/webmin
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/263181
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4328Patch
- http://www.webmin.com/changes.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8595
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/263181
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4328Patch
- http://www.webmin.com/changes.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8595
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.