Vulnerability in Pwdutils
CVE-2005-3503
chfn in pwdutils 3.0.4 and earlier on SuSE Linux, and possibly other operating systems, does not properly check arguments for the GECOS field, which allows local users to gain privileges.
EPSS: 0.028 (85.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Pwdutils
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)