7.5
CVSSv2

CVE-2002-2219

Published: 31/12/2002 Updated: 29/07/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 755
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

chetcpasswd.cgi in Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd prior to 2.1 allows remote malicious users to read the last line of the shadow file via a long user (userid) field.

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chetcpasswd chetcpasswd 2.1

Exploits

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/6472/info CHETCPASSWD is prone to a vulnerability that may potentially cause the tail end of the local shadow file to be disclosed to a remote attacker It is possible to exploit this issue by sending an overly long string as a value for the 'user' URI parameter in a request to the 'chetcpasswdcgi' #!/u ...