security flaw
Published May 28, 2006
3.7
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.44%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
shadow-utils-2:4.0.3-29.RHEL3
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0431
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
shadow-utils-2:4.0.3-61.RHEL4
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0276
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | shadow-utils-2:4.0.3-29.RHEL3 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0431 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | shadow-utils-2:4.0.3-61.RHEL4 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0276 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bugs: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=193053 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=229194 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ The risks associated with fixing this bug are greater than the low severity security risk. We therefore currently have no plans to fix this flaw in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 which is in maintenance mode.
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:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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 2, 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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.44% (0.00441) | 36.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.44% (0.00444) | 35.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.10% (0.00096) | 24.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 84.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.15% (0.00151) | 52.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 9, 2023 | 0.15% (0.00151) | 49.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.11% (0.00106) | 41.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (30)
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- http://cvs.pld.org.pl/shadow/NEWS?rev=1.109 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0276.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-1174 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618029 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26958 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1357 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1174
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10807 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-1174
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