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HistoryApr 19, 2011 - 12:00 a.m.

language-selector vulnerability

2011-04-1900:00:00
ubuntu.com
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6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.2%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 10.10

Packages

  • language-selector - Language selector for Ubuntu Linux

Details

Romain Perier discovered that the language-selector D-Bus backend did not
correctly check for Policy Kit authorizations. A local attacker could exploit
this to inject shell commands into the system-wide locale configuration file,
leading to root privilege escalation.

6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.2%