The Debian shadow package before 1:4.5-1 for Shadow incorrectly lists pts/0 and pts/1 as physical terminals in /etc/securetty. This allows local users to login as password-less users even if they are connected by non-physical means such as SSH (hence bypassing PAM's nullok_secure configuration). This notably affects environments such as virtual machines automatically generated with a default blank root password, allowing all local users to escalate privileges.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-03-17T06:00:09

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:45:24.409Z

Reserved: 2021-03-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-20002

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-03-17T06:15:12.107

Modified: 2021-06-07T14:58:56.823

Link: CVE-2017-20002

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