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CVE-2007-0003
- 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: 2007-01-23 · updated 2026-06-16
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.
Affected products
- Andrew Morgan Linux Pam: 0.99.7.0
References
- http://osvdb.org/32017
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23858
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_3_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-January/msg01271.html
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-January/msg01277.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22204
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0323
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31739
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/pam-list/2007-January/msg00017.html
- http://osvdb.org/32017
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23858
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_3_sr.html
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