CVE-1999-1434
HIGH—CVSS v3
7.2CVSS v2
0.38%
EPSS (exploit probability)
—CWE
Description
login in Slackware Linux 3.2 through 3.5 does not properly check for an error when the /etc/group file is missing, which prevents it from dropping privileges, causing it to assign root privileges to any local user who logs on to the server.
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