CVE-2002-0762 — shadow package in SuSE 8.0 allows local users to destroy the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files or assign extra group privileges to some users by changing filesize limits before calling programs that modify the files

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shadow package in SuSE 8.0 allows local users to destroy the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files or assign extra group privileges to some users by changing filesize limits before calling programs that modify the files

Published Apr 2, 2003

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.36%

Description

shadow package in SuSE 8.0 allows local users to destroy the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files or assign extra group privileges to some users by changing filesize limits before calling programs that modify the files.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.36% 0.00363

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00363

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.36% (0.00363)	27.80th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.36% (0.00363)	27.97th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.05% (0.00050)	12.66th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00890)	30.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	28.64th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	26.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	12.04th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9102.php
vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_17_shadow.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4757
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9102.php		vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_17_shadow.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4757		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 2, 2003

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Jul 25, 2002

Link CVE-2002-0762

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-0762

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2002-0762