VDB
CVE-2020-27780
CVE-2020-27780
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL
A flaw was found in Linux-Pam in versions prior to 1.5.1 in the way it handle empty passwords for non-existing users. When the user doesn't exist PAM try to authenticate with root and in the case of an empty password it successfully authenticate.
EPSS 0.44% · 63.6th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS v3.1
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.44%
63.6th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| linux-pam | linux-pam | 1.5.0 |
| n/a | pam | pam 1.5.1 |
Timeline
- Dec 17, 2020 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 22, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jan 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 27, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 5, 2022 EPSS Score