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CVE-2002-1227

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-10-28 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

PAM 0.76 treats a disabled password as if it were an empty (null) password, which allows local and remote attackers to gain privileges as disabled users.

Affected products

• Pam: 0.76

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-177
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10405.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5994
• http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-177
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10405.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5994

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