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.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5994
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10405.php
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-177
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2002-10-28
Updated: 2008-09-05
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Severity: High
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H