CVE-2002-0762

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

shadow package in SuSE 8.0 allows local users to destroy the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files or assign extra group privileges to some users by changing filesize limits before calling programs that modify the files.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9102.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_17_shadow.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4757Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9102.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_17_shadow.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4757Patch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Aug 12, 2002
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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