Vulnerability CVE-2007-0003
Published: 2007-01-23   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
pam_unix.so in Linux-PAM 0.99.7.0 allows context-dependent attackers to log into accounts whose password hash, as stored in /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow, has only two characters.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Andrew morgan -> Linux pam 

 References:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/pam-list/2007-January/msg00017.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0323
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-January/msg01277.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-January/msg01271.html
http://osvdb.org/32017
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/31739
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22204
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_3_sr.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23858
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