Vulnerability in Webmin

CVE-2002-1672

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.

EPSS: 0.004 (29.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Webmin — versions 0.92, 0.92.1
  • N/a — versions n/a

References