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CVE-2009-1073
nss-ldapd before 0.6.8 uses world-readable permissions for the /etc/nss-ldapd.conf file, which allows local users to obtain a cleartext…
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 1.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 31% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
nss-ldapd before 0.6.8 uses world-readable permissions for the /etc/nss-ldapd.conf file, which allows local users to obtain a cleartext password for the LDAP server by reading the bindpw field.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 7 days later
· 7 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 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 | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 31% 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: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
12
- [oss-security] 20090324 Re: CVE request -- ucd-snmp / net-snmp, libnss-ldapd / nss_ldap (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090323 CVE request -- ucd-snmp / net-snmp, libnss-ldapd / nss_ldap (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520476 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 34211 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://arthurenhella.demon.nl/viewvc/nss-ldapd/nss-ldapd/debian/libnss-ldapd.postinst?r1=795&r2=813 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090324 Re: CVE request -- ucd-snmp / net-snmp, libnss-ldapd / nss_ldap (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://arthurenhella.demon.nl/viewvc/nss-ldapd/nss-ldapd/man/nss-ldapd.conf.5.xml?r1=805&r2=806 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090324 Re: CVE request -- ucd-snmp / net-snmp, libnss-ldapd / nss_ldap (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 34523 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://ch.tudelft.nl/~arthur/nss-ldapd/news.html#20090322 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1073 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-1758 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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-2009-1074 (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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