CVE-2007-0003
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
pam_unix.so in Linux-PAM 0.99.7.0 allows context-dependent attackers to log into accounts whose password hash, as stored in /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow, has only two characters.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.4% (35th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-0007)
- Published
- January 23, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-0007 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- andrew morgan / linux pam
References
- http://osvdb.org/32017
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23858
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_3_sr.html
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-January/msg01271.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-January/msg01277.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22204
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0323
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31739
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/pam-list/2007-January/msg00017.html(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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