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CVE-2006-3378

Date: July 6, 2006

passwd command in shadow in Ubuntu 5.04 through 6.06 LTS, when called with the -f, -g, or -s flag, does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits.

Severity Score

Related Resources (9)

http://secunia.com/advisories/20950
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18850
http://www.osvdb.org/26995
http://secunia.com/advisories/20966
http://secunia.com/advisories/21480
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1150
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3378
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-308-1
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2006-3378

Severity Score

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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