CVE-2005-0002

critical

Description

poppassd_pam 1.0 and earlier, when changing a user password, does not verify that the user entered the old password correctly, which allows remote attackers to change passwords for arbitrary users.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2005-0003

http://securitytracker.com/id?1012840

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200501-22.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/13865

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-05-02

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

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

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N