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CVE-2010-3435

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
24/01/2011
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

The (1) pam_env and (2) pam_mail modules in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.2 use root privileges during read access to files and directories that belong to arbitrary user accounts, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging this filesystem activity, as demonstrated by a symlink attack on the .pam_environment file in a user's home directory.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.70 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
4.70
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.1.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:0.99.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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