Vulnerability Details CVE-2020-27780
A flaw was found in Linux-Pam in versions prior to 1.5.1 in the way it handle empty passwords for non-existing users. When the user doesn't exist PAM try to authenticate with root and in the case of an empty password it successfully authenticate.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.004
EPSS Ranking 62.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.8
CVSS v2 Score 10.0
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