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CVE-2006-1174
useradd in shadow-utils before 4.0.3, and possibly other versions before 4.0.8, does not provide a required argument to the open function…
- 3.7LowCVSS base score
- 0.44%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 61% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
useradd in shadow-utils before 4.0.3, and possibly other versions before 4.0.8, does not provide a required argument to the open function when creating a new user mailbox, which causes the mailbox to be created with unpredictable permissions and possibly allows attackers to read or modify the mailbox.
Timeline
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By certcc
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 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 | Low3.7 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.44% · top 61% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.7.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References25
- 20070920 VMSA-2007-0006 Critical security updates for all supported versions of VMware ESX Server, VMware Server, VMware Workstation, VMware ACE, and VMware Player (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 25098 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25894 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0431 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3229 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 25267 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0276 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-249.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 18111 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1018221 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 25629 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://cvs.pld.org.pl/shadow/NEWS?rev=1.109 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- shadow-utils-useradd-file-permission(26958) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- VU#312692 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- GLSA-200606-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 25896 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070511 rPSA-2007-0096-1 shadow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:090 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10807 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 26909 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27706 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2006 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1357 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20506 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20370 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-1178 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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