CVE-2006-1174

shadow-utils <4.0.3-4.0.8 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm

Description

useradd 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.

Scores

EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 26.6%

Classification

CWE
CWE-264
Status draft

Affected Products (8)

debian/shadow < 4.0.7
debian/shadow
debian/shadow
debian/shadow
debian/shadow
debian/shadow
debian/shadow
debian/shadow

Timeline

Published May 28, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026