CVE-2005-3503

HIGH 7.2CVE-2005-3503 · Published 05/11/2005 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2005-3503 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting pwdutils (pwdutils).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.8%, higher than 86.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
pwdutils pwdutils	`≤ 3.0.4`	No fix yet

Description

chfn in pwdutils 3.0.4 and earlier on SuSE Linux, and possibly other operating systems, does not properly check arguments for the GECOS field, which allows local users to gain privileges.

References

secunia.com/advisories/17469
osvdb.org/20525
securityfocus.com/archive/1/415725/30/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/15314

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