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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 3, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2002-1509

CVE-2002-1509

Description

A patch for shadow-utils 20000902 causes the useradd command to create a mail spool files with read/write privileges of the new user's group (mode 660), which allows other users in the same group to read or modify the new user's incoming email.

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Affected products

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  • Red Hat/Linux4 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.2:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • shadow-utils/shadow-utilsllm-create
    Range: =20000902

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