CVE-2006-1174

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    CVE-2006-1174

    Published: 28 May 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc, http://secunia.com/advisories/20370, http://secunia.com/advisories/20506, http://secunia.com/advisories/25098, http://secunia.com/advisories/25267, http://secunia.com/advisories/25629, http://secunia.com/advisories/25894, http://secunia.com/advisories/25896, http://secunia.com/advisories/26909, http://secunia.com/advisories/27706, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:090, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2006, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229, http://secunia.com/advisories/20370, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18111, http://cvs.pld.org.pl/shadow/NEWS?rev=1.109, http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-249.htm, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-02.xml, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312692, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0276.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0431.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468336/100/0/threaded, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018221, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26958, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1357, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10807

    Affected packages

    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