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CVE-2003-1366
chpass in OpenBSD 2.0 through 3.2 allows local users to read portions of arbitrary files via a hard link attack on a temporary file used…
Low3.3EPSS 0.50%
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- mitre
Description
chpass in OpenBSD 2.0 through 3.2 allows local users to read portions of arbitrary files via a hard link attack on a temporary file used to store user database information.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.3 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.50% · top 57% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- 1006035 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20030203 ASA-0001: OpenBSD chpass/chfn/chsh file content leak (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- openbsd-chpass-information-disclosure(11233) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 3238 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 6748 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.epita.fr/~bevand_m/asa/asa-0001 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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