CVE-2002-0762

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

shadow package in SuSE 8.0 allows local users to destroy the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files or assign extra group privileges to some users by changing filesize limits before calling programs that modify the files.

Affected products

Suse Linux: 8.0

References

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9102.php
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_17_shadow.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4757
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9102.php
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_17_shadow.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4757

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