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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…
Low3.6EPSS 0.37%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 19 months later
· 19 months later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.37% · top 69% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- RHSA-2003:058 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDKSA-2003:026 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=75418 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:057 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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