{"api_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-07-23T08:59:49+00:00","cve":"CVE-2009-2482","urls":{"html":"https://cve.report/CVE-2009-2482","api":"https://cve.report/api/cve/CVE-2009-2482.json","docs":"https://cve.report/api","cve_org":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2482","nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2482"},"summary":{"title":"CVE-2009-2482","description":"The pam_unix module in OpenPAM in NetBSD 4.0 before 4.0.2 and 5.0 before 5.0.1 allows local users to change the current root password if it is already known, even when they are not in the wheel group.","state":"PUBLISHED","assigner":"mitre","published_at":"2009-07-16 16:30:00","updated_at":"2026-04-23 00:35:47"},"problem_types":["CWE-264","n/a"],"metrics":[{"version":"2.0","source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","score":"6.9","severity":"","vector":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","data":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","baseScore":6.9,"accessVector":"LOCAL","accessComplexity":"MEDIUM","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"COMPLETE","integrityImpact":"COMPLETE","availabilityImpact":"COMPLETE"}}],"references":[{"url":"http://osvdb.org/55284","name":"http://osvdb.org/55284","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"","mime":"","httpstatus":"-1","archivestatus":"0"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022432","name":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022432","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"SecurityTracker.com Archives - NetBSD OpenPAM passwd(1) May Let Certain Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35465","name":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35465","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"NetBSD 'pam_unix' Root Password Change Local Security Bypass Weakness","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"0"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51312","name":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51312","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"IBM X-Force Exchange","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-004.txt.asc","name":"ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-004.txt.asc","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"","mime":"text/plain","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/35553","name":"http://secunia.com/advisories/35553","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"title":"NetBSD OpenPAM Security Bypass Weakness - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2482","name":"CVE Program record","refsource":"CVE.ORG","tags":["canonical"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2482","name":"NVD vulnerability detail","refsource":"NVD","tags":["canonical","analysis"]}],"affected":[{"source":"CNA","vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","version":"affected n/a","platforms":[]}],"timeline":[],"solutions":[],"workarounds":[],"exploits":[],"credits":[],"nvd_cpes":[{"cve_year":"2009","cve_id":"2482","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"netbsd","cpe5":"netbsd","cpe6":"4.0","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2009","cve_id":"2482","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"netbsd","cpe5":"netbsd","cpe6":"4.0","cpe7":"beta","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2009","cve_id":"2482","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"netbsd","cpe5":"netbsd","cpe6":"4.0","cpe7":"beta2","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2009","cve_id":"2482","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"netbsd","cpe5":"netbsd","cpe6":"4.0.1","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2009","cve_id":"2482","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"netbsd","cpe5":"netbsd","cpe6":"4.1","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2009","cve_id":"2482","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"netbsd","cpe5":"netbsd","cpe6":"5.0","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2009","cve_id":"2482","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"netbsd","cpe5":"netbsd","cpe6":"5.0","cpe7":"rc3","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"}],"vendor_comments":[],"enrichments":{"kev":null,"epss":null,"legacy_qids":[]},"source_records":{"cve_program":{"containers":{"adp":[{"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2024-08-07T05:52:15.081Z","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","shortName":"CVE"},"references":[{"name":"1022432","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022432"},{"name":"NetBSD-SA2009-004","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_NETBSD","x_transferred"],"url":"ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-004.txt.asc"},{"name":"35553","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"],"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/35553"},{"name":"55284","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred"],"url":"http://osvdb.org/55284"},{"name":"35465","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35465"},{"name":"netbsd-openpam-security-bypass(51312)","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF","x_transferred"],"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51312"}],"title":"CVE Program Container"}],"cna":{"affected":[{"product":"n/a","vendor":"n/a","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"n/a"}]}],"datePublic":"2009-06-22T00:00:00.000Z","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"The pam_unix module in OpenPAM in NetBSD 4.0 before 4.0.2 and 5.0 before 5.0.1 allows local users to change the current root password if it is already known, even when they are not in the wheel group."}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2017-08-16T14:57:01.000Z","orgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca","shortName":"mitre"},"references":[{"name":"1022432","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK"],"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022432"},{"name":"NetBSD-SA2009-004","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_NETBSD"],"url":"ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-004.txt.asc"},{"name":"35553","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"],"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/35553"},{"name":"55284","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB"],"url":"http://osvdb.org/55284"},{"name":"35465","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID"],"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35465"},{"name":"netbsd-openpam-security-bypass(51312)","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF"],"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51312"}],"x_legacyV4Record":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"cve@mitre.org","ID":"CVE-2009-2482","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"n/a","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"n/a"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"n/a"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"The pam_unix module in OpenPAM in NetBSD 4.0 before 4.0.2 and 5.0 before 5.0.1 allows local users to change the current root password if it is already known, even when they are not in the wheel group."}]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"n/a"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"1022432","refsource":"SECTRACK","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022432"},{"name":"NetBSD-SA2009-004","refsource":"NETBSD","url":"ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2009-004.txt.asc"},{"name":"35553","refsource":"SECUNIA","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/35553"},{"name":"55284","refsource":"OSVDB","url":"http://osvdb.org/55284"},{"name":"35465","refsource":"BID","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35465"},{"name":"netbsd-openpam-security-bypass(51312)","refsource":"XF","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51312"}]}}}},"cveMetadata":{"assignerOrgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca","assignerShortName":"mitre","cveId":"CVE-2009-2482","datePublished":"2009-07-16T16:00:00.000Z","dateReserved":"2009-07-16T00:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-07T05:52:15.081Z","state":"PUBLISHED"},"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1"},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2009-07-16 16:30:00","lastModifiedDate":"2026-04-23 00:35:47","problem_types":["CWE-264","n/a"],"metrics":{"cvssMetricV2":[{"source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","cvssData":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","baseScore":6.9,"accessVector":"LOCAL","accessComplexity":"MEDIUM","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"COMPLETE","integrityImpact":"COMPLETE","availabilityImpact":"COMPLETE"},"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","exploitabilityScore":3.4,"impactScore":10,"acInsufInfo":false,"obtainAllPrivilege":false,"obtainUserPrivilege":false,"obtainOtherPrivilege":false,"userInteractionRequired":false}]},"configurations":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"9875E709-11BA-4B8F-A2FC-26844DD4D563"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:4.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"FCB9E9F8-7C6B-4BC7-A593-A11B9D6F0B35"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:4.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"2F4B6E29-B74F-45FF-AEB1-A118753F8E3C"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"49AF042F-5047-4FA2-B20C-65B2C6EBEA5C"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"6BE00F7F-0A3A-4ECA-9FB6-1DE37C2ED5A1"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"00564BAA-066A-4627-B6A8-78724E55D363"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:5.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"38C0F962-B1C5-4F4B-A7C2-AB8C3EDC996D"}]}]}]},"legacy_mitre":{"record":{"CveYear":"2009","CveId":"2482","Ordinal":"1","Title":"CVE-2009-2482","CVE":"CVE-2009-2482","Year":"2009"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2009","CveId":"2482","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"The pam_unix module in OpenPAM in NetBSD 4.0 before 4.0.2 and 5.0 before 5.0.1 allows local users to change the current root password if it is already known, even when they are not in the wheel group.","Type":"Description","Title":"CVE-2009-2482"},{"CveYear":"2009","CveId":"2482","Ordinal":"2","NoteData":"2009-07-16","Type":"Other","Title":"Published"},{"CveYear":"2009","CveId":"2482","Ordinal":"3","NoteData":"2017-08-16","Type":"Other","Title":"Modified"}]}}}