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CVE-2007-0003
pam_unix.so in Linux-PAM 0.99.7.0 allows context-dependent attackers to log into accounts whose password hash, as stored in /etc/passwd or…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 0.41%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 65% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
pam_unix.so in Linux-PAM 0.99.7.0 allows context-dependent attackers to log into accounts whose password hash, as stored in /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow, has only two characters.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 35 days later
· 35 days 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 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 65% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 32017 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- linuxpam-pamunix-security-bypass(31739) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2007:003 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [pam-list] 20070123 Linux-PAM 0.99.7.1 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [fedora-devel-list] 20070122 Re: rawhide report: 20070120 changes (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0323 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [fedora-devel-list] 20070122 Re: rawhide report: 20070120 changes (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 23858 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22204 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2007-0007 (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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