CVE-2008-0884

system-auth-ac is world-writable

Published Apr 4, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 6.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Replace function in the capp-lspp-config script in the (1) lspp-eal4-config-ibm and (2) capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp packages before 0.65-2 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 uses lstat instead of stat to determine the /etc/pam.d/system-auth file permissions, leading to a change to world-writable permissions for the /etc/pam.d/system-auth-ac file, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying this file.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-0891 The Replace function in the capp-lspp-config script in the (1) lspp-eal4-config-ibm and (2) capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp packages before 0.65-2 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 uses lstat instead of stat to determine the /etc/pam.d/system-auth file permissions, leading to a change to world-writable permissions for the /etc/pam.d/system-auth-ac file, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying this file.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 8:01 AM
Reserved
Feb 21, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 4, 2008, 12:44 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:50 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Apr 1, 2008, 2:00 PM