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CVE-2008-0884

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9 EPSS 0.36%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-04-04 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2008-0884
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.9
EPSS
0.36%
Linux

Original Filing — NVD Description

The Replace function in the capp-lspp-config script in the (1) lspp-eal4-config-ibm and (2) capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp packages before 0.65-2 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 uses lstat instead of stat to determine the /etc/pam.d/system-auth file permissions, leading to a change to world-writable permissions for the /etc/pam.d/system-auth-ac file, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying this file.