passwd command in shadow in Ubuntu 5.04 through 6.06 LTS, when called with the -f, -g, or -s flag, does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits
Published Jul 6, 2006
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.34%
Description
passwd command in shadow in Ubuntu 5.04 through 6.06 LTS, when called with the -f, -g, or -s flag, does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits.
Affected products
No data.
- 5.04
- 5.04
- 5.04
- 5.10
- 5.10
- 5.10
- 5.10
- 6.06_lts
- 6.06_lts
- 6.06_lts
- 6.06_lts
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue affects the version of the passwd command from the shadow-utils package. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 4 are not vulnerable to this issue.
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:C/I:C/A:C
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 | 0.34% (0.00341) | 25.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00341) | 25.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00056) | 14.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 27.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 3, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 25.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 29, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 23.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20950 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20966 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21480 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1150 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.osvdb.org/26995 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18850 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-308-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-3378 Vendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3378
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-3378
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20950 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20966 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/21480 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1150 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/26995 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18850 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-308-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-3378 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3378 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-3378 |
Change history (0)
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