CVE-2002-1227

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

PAM 0.76 treats a disabled password as if it were an empty (null) password, which allows local and remote attackers to gain privileges as disabled users.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

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

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-177Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10405.phpVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5994
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-177Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10405.phpVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5994

Timeline

Published: Oct 28, 2002
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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