CVE-2005-2977
The SELinux version of PAM before 0.78 r3 allows local users to perform brute force password guessing attacks via unix_chkpwd, which does not log failed guesses or delay its responses.
Published:Oct 26, 2005
Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
EPS:Nov 1, 2005
EPSS Score:0.00076
CVSS Score:2.1
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Pam
Product
Pam
Pam
Pam
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Enterprise Linux
Redhat
Enterprise Linux
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
