CVE-2002-1227

high

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.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5994

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10405.php

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-177

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-10-28

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H