{"cve":"CVE-2006-1174","nvd":{"published":"2006-05-28T23:02:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:22:09.727","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc","http://cvs.pld.org.pl/shadow/NEWS?rev=1.109","http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/20370","http://secunia.com/advisories/20506"],"products":["debian:shadow"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:42:01.759833969+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-1174","score":0.00441,"percentile":0.38312,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}