{
  "modified": "2025-08-09T19:01:28Z",
  "published": "2006-05-28T23:02:00Z",
  "id": "CVE-2006-1174",
  "details": "useradd in shadow-utils before 4.0.3, and possibly other versions before 4.0.8, does not provide a required argument to the open function when creating a new user mailbox, which causes the mailbox to be created with unpredictable permissions and possibly allows attackers to read or modify the mailbox.",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/20370"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/20506"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25098"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25267"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25629"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25894"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/25896"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/26909"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/27706"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:090"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2006"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/20370"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18111"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://cvs.pld.org.pl/shadow/NEWS?rev=1.109"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-249.htm"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-02.xml"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312692"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0276.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0431.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468336/100/0/threaded"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018221"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26958"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1357"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10807"
    }
  ]
}