CVE-2010-3435
4.7 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
5.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.2%
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.
Affected configurations
References
git.altlinux.org/people/ldv/packages/?p=pam.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=06f882f30092a39a1db867c9744b2ca8d60e4ad6
lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000126.html
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/21/3
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/10
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/4
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/5
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/7
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/8
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/2
secunia.com/advisories/49711
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-31.xml
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:220
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/24/2
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0819.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0891.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516909/100/0/threaded
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0004.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0606
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641335
Related
4.7 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
5.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.2%