CVE-2002-0762: Suse Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

shadow package in SuSE 8.0 allows local users to destroy the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files or assign extra group privileges to some users by changing filesize limits before calling programs that modify the files.

Affected products

• Suse Suse Linux: version 8.0 only

Published 2002-08-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.