Vulnerability Report

CVE-2004-1001

Title: Shadow passwd_check function unauthorized activities

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2004-1001.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Mar 01, 2005

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 4.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.35%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2004-1001: Unknown vulnerability in the passwd_check function in Shadow 4.0.4.1, and possibly other versions before 4.0.5, allows local users to conduct unauthorized activities when an error from a pam_chauthtok function call is not properly handled.

Impacted Vendors

debian 1

shadow_project 1

blade-group 1

Reference Links

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000894 http://secunia.com/advisories/13028 http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-585 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17902 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000894 http://secunia.com/advisories/13028 http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-585 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17902

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2004-1001 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

March 01, 2005 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.