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CVE-2009-2482

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-07-16 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The pam_unix module in OpenPAM in NetBSD 4.0 before 4.0.2 and 5.0 before 5.0.1 allows local users to change the current root password if it is already known, even when they are not in the wheel group.

Affected products

• Netbsd: 4.0, 4.0-beta, 4.0-beta2, 4.0.1, 4.1, 5.0 (+1)

References

• http://osvdb.org/55284
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35553
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35465
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022432
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51312
• http://osvdb.org/55284
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35553
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35465
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022432
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51312

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