security flaw
Published Sep 1, 2004
3.6
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.37%
Description
A patch for shadow-utils 20000902 causes the useradd command to create a mail spool files with read/write privileges of the new user's group (mode 660), which allows other users in the same group to read or modify the new user's incoming email.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2003:058
Red Hat Linux 7.2
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2003:057
Red Hat Linux 7.3
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2003:057
Red Hat Linux 8.0
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2003:057
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2003:058
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2003:058 |
| Red Hat Linux 7.2 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2003:057 |
| Red Hat Linux 7.3 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2003:057 |
| Red Hat Linux 8.0 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2003:057 |
| Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2003:058 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00373) | 28.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00373) | 28.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.08% (0.00078) | 20.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00058) | 26.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 6, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00058) | 24.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00058) | 22.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=75418 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:026 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-057.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-058.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-1509 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616919 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1509
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-1509
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=75418 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:026 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-057.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-058.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-1509 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616919 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1509 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-1509 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.