Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in HP CIFS/9000 Server (SAMBA) A.01.07 and Earlier

CVE-2001-0981 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

HP CIFS/9000 Server (SAMBA) A.01.07 and earlier with the "unix password sync" option enabled calls the passwd program without specifying the username of the user making the request, which could cause the server to change the password of a different user.

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