system-auth-ac is world-writable
Published Apr 4, 2008
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.36%
Description
The Replace function in the capp-lspp-config script in the (1) lspp-eal4-config-ibm and (2) capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp packages before 0.65-2 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 uses lstat instead of stat to determine the /etc/pam.d/system-auth file permissions, leading to a change to world-writable permissions for the /etc/pam.d/system-auth-ac file, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying this file.
Affected products
No data.
- 5.0
No data.
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0193
RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-5
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0193
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0193
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2008:0193
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0193 |
| RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-5 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0193 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0193 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2008:0193 |
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:M/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 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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00361) | 27.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00361) | 27.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00035) | 6.63th | 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 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 53.31th | 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) |
References (9)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0193.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29642 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1019740 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28557 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0884 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435442 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41584 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0884
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0884
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0193.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/29642 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1019740 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28557 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0884 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435442 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41584 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0884 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0884 |
Change history (0)
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