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CVE-2002-1672

Published: Jun 21, 2005

Modified: Aug 8, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

Webmin 0.92, when installed from an RPM, creates /var/webmin with insecure permissions (world readable), which could allow local users to read the root user's cookie-based authentication credentials and possibly hijack the root user's session using the credentials.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

http://www.webmin.com/changes.html

x_refsource_CONFIRM

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

webmin-directory-permissions(8595)

vdb-entry

x_refsource_XF

20020320 Local privalege escalation issues with Webmin 0.92

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