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CVE-2009-0579· NVD / CVE Program· CNA redhat

Linux-PAM before 1.0.4 does not enforce the minimum password age (MINDAYS) as specified in /etc/shadow, which allows local users to bypass i

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 18/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.34% (FIRST EPSS).
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: pam (Debian:12) 1.0.1-10.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to pam (Debian:12) 1.0.1-10 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Linux-PAM before 1.0.4 does not enforce the minimum password age (MINDAYS) as specified in /etc/shadow, which allows local users to bypass intended security policy and change their passwords sooner than specified.

MediumCVSS 4.6 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Apr 16, 2009
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 27th percentile

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Action score

18

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
18 / 40 · 4.6 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

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Affected systems

Is your version affected?

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VendorProduct
linux-pamlinux-pam

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux-pam linux-pamup to 1.0.4 inclusive
  • linux-pam linux-pam0.99.1.0
  • linux-pam linux-pam0.99.10.0
  • linux-pam linux-pam0.99.2.0
  • linux-pam linux-pam0.99.2.1
  • linux-pam linux-pam0.99.3.0
  • linux-pam linux-pam0.99.4.0
  • linux-pam linux-pam0.99.5.0
  • linux-pam linux-pam0.99.6.0
  • linux-pam linux-pam0.99.6.1
  • linux-pam linux-pam0.99.6.2
  • linux-pam linux-pam0.99.6.3
  • linux-pam linux-pam0.99.7.0
  • linux-pam linux-pam0.99.7.1
  • linux-pam linux-pam0.99.8.0
  • linux-pam linux-pam0.99.8.1
  • linux-pam linux-pam0.99.9.0
  • linux-pam linux-pam1.0.0
  • linux-pam linux-pam1.0.1
  • linux-pam linux-pam1.0.2

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12pambefore 1.0.1-101.0.1-10

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2020-27780A flaw was found in Linux-Pam in versions prior to 1.5.1 in the way it handle empty passwords for non-existing users.
    40Plan
  • CVE-2022-28321The Linux-PAM package before 1.5.2-6.1 for openSUSE Tumbleweed allows authentication bypass for SSH logins.
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2010-4708The pam_env module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.2 and earlier reads the .pam_environment file in a user's home directory, which might allow lo
    28Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2009-0887Mar 12, 2009 · Integer signedness error in the _pam_StrTok function in libpam/pam_misc.c in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.0.3 and earlier, when a configuration fil
    27Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2010-3316Jan 24, 2011 · The run_coprocess function in pam_xauth.c in the pam_xauth module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.2 does not check the return values of th
    13Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2010-3430Jan 24, 2011 · The privilege-dropping implementation in the (1) pam_env and (2) pam_mail modules in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.2 does not perform the required
    18Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:pam1.0.1-10 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
P · data can be read
Integrity
P · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
P · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
P
Availability impact
P

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-264 · Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

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