rmuser utility in FreeBSD 4.2 and 4.3 creates a copy of the master.passwd file with world-readable permissions while updating the original file, which could allow local users to gain privileges by reading the copied file while rmuser is running, obtain the password hashes, and crack the passwords.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00

Updated: 2002-02-06T10:00:00

Reserved: 2002-01-31T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2001-1017

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-09-04T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2017-10-10T01:29:58.127


Link: CVE-2001-1017

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