{"id":"CVE-2025-0374","aliases":["EUVD-2025-1635","GHSA-2ffg-9hw7-35q4"],"status":"published","title":"Unprivileged access to system files","description":"When etcupdate encounters conflicts while merging files, it saves a version containing conflict markers in /var/db/etcupdate/conflicts.  This version does not preserve the mode of the input file, and is world-readable.  This applies to files that would normally have restricted visibility, such as /etc/master.passwd.\n\nAn unprivileged local user may be able to read encrypted root and user passwords from the temporary master.passwd file created in /var/db/etcupdate/conflicts.  This is possible only when conflicts within the password file arise during an update, and the unprotected file is deleted when conflicts are resolved.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"adp","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00305,"percentile":0.23498,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-732"],"published":"2025-01-30T04:49:07Z","modified":"2026-06-17T08:26:22Z","products":[{"vendor":"freebsd","product":"freebsd"}],"references":[{"url":"https://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-25:03.etcupdate.asc","tags":["vendor-advisory"]},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250207-0007/"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0374"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250207-0007"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2ffg-9hw7-35q4"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-0374","title":"Unprivileged access to system files","description":"When etcupdate encounters conflicts while merging files, it saves a version containing conflict markers in /var/db/etcupdate/conflicts.  This version does not preserve the mode of the input file, and is world-readable.  This applies to files that would normally have restricted visibility, such as /etc/master.passwd.\n\nAn unprivileged local user may be able to read encrypted root and user passwords from the temporary master.passwd file created in /var/db/etcupdate/conflicts.  This is possible only when conflicts within the password file arise during an update, and the unprotected file is deleted when conflicts are resolved.","status":"published","published":"2025-01-30T04:49:07.687Z","modified":"2025-02-07T17:02:52.274Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"adp"}],"cwes":["CWE-732"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:32:53.475217Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2025-1635","description":"When etcupdate encounters conflicts while merging files, it saves a version containing conflict markers in /var/db/etcupdate/conflicts.  This version does not preserve the mode of the input file, and is world-readable.  This applies to files that would normally have restricted visibility, such as /etc/master.passwd.\n\nAn unprivileged local user may be able to read encrypted root and user passwords from the temporary master.passwd file created in /var/db/etcupdate/conflicts.  This is possible only when conflicts within the password file arise during an update, and the unprotected file is deleted when conflicts are resolved.","status":"published","published":"2025-01-30T04:49:07Z","modified":"2025-02-07T17:02:52Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:04:01.828429Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-2ffg-9hw7-35q4","title":"When etcupdate encounters conflicts while merging files, it saves a version containing conflict...","description":"When etcupdate encounters conflicts while merging files, it saves a version containing conflict markers in /var/db/etcupdate/conflicts.  This version does not preserve the mode of the input file, and is world-readable.  This applies to files that would normally have restricted visibility, such as /etc/master.passwd.\n\nAn unprivileged local user may be able to read encrypted root and user passwords from the temporary master.passwd file created in /var/db/etcupdate/conflicts.  This is possible only when conflicts within the password file arise during an update, and the unprotected file is deleted when conflicts are resolved.","status":"published","published":"2025-01-30T06:30:49Z","modified":"2025-02-07T18:32:19Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-732"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:59:50.611216Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2025-0374","description":"When etcupdate encounters conflicts while merging files, it saves a version containing conflict markers in /var/db/etcupdate/conflicts.  This version does not preserve the mode of the input file, and is world-readable.  This applies to files that would normally have restricted visibility, such as /etc/master.passwd.\n\nAn unprivileged local user may be able to read encrypted root and user passwords from the temporary master.passwd file created in /var/db/etcupdate/conflicts.  This is possible only when conflicts within the password file arise during an update, and the unprotected file is deleted when conflicts are resolved.","status":"published","published":"2025-01-30T05:15:10.527Z","modified":"2026-06-17T08:26:22.46Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-732"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:10:49.841519Z"}]}}