CVE-2006-1174

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-1174
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercertcc
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-05-28 23:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionuseradd in shadow-utils before 4.0.3, and possibly other versions before 4.0.8, does not provide a required argument to the open function when creating a new user mailbox, which causes the mailbox to be created with unpredictable permissions and possibly allows attackers to read or modify the mailbox.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.7 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.000960000 probability, percentile 0.265610000 (date 2026-04-20)

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Debian Shadow 4.0.0 All All All
Application Debian Shadow 4.0.1 All All All
Application Debian Shadow 4.0.2 All All All
Application Debian Shadow 4.0.4 All All All
Application Debian Shadow 4.0.4.1 All All All
Application Debian Shadow 4.0.5 All All All
Application Debian Shadow 4.0.6 All All All
Application Debian Shadow All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Gentoo update for shadow - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat update for shadow-utils - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
VMware ESX Server Multiple Security Updates - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[Full-Disclosure] Mailing List Charter af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Shadow-Utils 'useradd' Local Insecure Permissions Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#312692 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1357 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
ASA-2007-249 (RHSA-2007-0276) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Gentoo update for vmware - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Avaya Products Shadow "useradd.c" Insecure Mailbox File Permissions - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Shadow "useradd.c" Insecure Mailbox File Permissions - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- shadow: Privilege escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Error 404 (Not Found)!!1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cvs.pld.org.pl
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Red Hat Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - shadow-utils 'useradd' Unsafe Mailbox Folder Permissions May Let Local Users Read/Write Mail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
rPath update for shadow - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-09-06Mark J CoxRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bugs: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=193053 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=229194 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ The risks associated with fixing this bug are greater than the low severity security risk. We therefore currently have no plans to fix this flaw in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 which is in maintenance mode.
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