CVE-2002-1672

First published: Tue Dec 31 2002(Updated: )

Webmin 0.92, when installed from an RPM, creates /var/webmin with insecure permissions (world readable), which could allow local users to read the root user's cookie-based authentication credentials and possibly hijack the root user's session using the credentials.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

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