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EulerOS 2.0 SP13 : pam (EulerOS-SA-2025-2452)

🗓️ 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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EulerOS 2.0 SP13 pam allows local users to escalate to root via pam_namespace (CVE-2025-6020 and CVE-2025-8941).

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(276476);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/11/21");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-8941");

  script_name(english:"EulerOS 2.0 SP13 : pam (EulerOS-SA-2025-2452)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to the versions of the pam packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the
following vulnerabilities :

    A flaw was found in linux-pam. The pam_namespace module may improperly handle user-controlled paths,
    allowing local users to exploit symlink attacks and race conditions to elevate their privileges to root.
    This CVE provides a 'complete' fix for CVE-2025-6020.(CVE-2025-8941)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS pam security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  # https://developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2025-2452
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?f7e0a005");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected pam packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-8941");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/08/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/11/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/11/21");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:pam");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:pam-hsm");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Huawei Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/EulerOS/release", "Host/EulerOS/rpm-list", "Host/EulerOS/sp");
  script_exclude_keys("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version");

  exit(0);
}

include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

var _release = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/release");
if (isnull(_release) || _release !~ "^EulerOS") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS");
var uvp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version");
if (_release !~ "^EulerOS release 2\.0(\D|$)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP13");

var sp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/sp");
if (isnull(sp) || sp !~ "^(13)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP13");

if (!empty_or_null(uvp)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP13", "EulerOS UVP " + uvp);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "aarch64" >!< cpu && "x86" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "EulerOS", cpu);
if ("aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "aarch64", cpu);

var flag = 0;

var pkgs = [
  "pam-1.5.2-6.h24.eulerosv2r13",
  "pam-hsm-1.5.2-6.h24.eulerosv2r13"
];

foreach (var pkg in pkgs)
  if (rpm_check(release:"EulerOS-2.0", sp:"13", reference:pkg)) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "pam");
}

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21 Nov 2025 00:00Current
7.5High risk
Vulners AI Score7.5
CVSS 3.17.8
EPSS0.0039
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