CVE-2002-1672

LowCVSS 2.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Webmin 0.92, when installed from an RPM, creates /var/webmin with insecure permissions (world readable), which could allow local users to read the root user's cookie-based authentication credentials and possibly hijack the root user's session using the credentials.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 2.1/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected software

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References

Timeline

Published: Dec 31, 2002
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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