CVE-2017-12424 describes a critical vulnerability in the newusers tool within shadow before version 4.5, affecting Debian Linux and Shadow Project distributions. This flaw allows malformed input to cause crashes due to buffer overflows or other memory corruption, and can lead to unspecified behaviors, particularly crossing privilege boundaries in environments like web-hosting control panels. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a high-impact, easily exploitable risk (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) with complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:shadow_project:shadow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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