CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
Untrusted search path vulnerability in pam_motd (aka the MOTD module) in
libpam-modules before 1.1.3-2ubuntu2.1 on Ubuntu 11.10, before
1.1.2-2ubuntu8.4 on Ubuntu 11.04, before 1.1.1-4ubuntu2.4 on Ubuntu 10.10,
before 1.1.1-2ubuntu5.4 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, and before 0.99.7.1-5ubuntu6.5
on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, when using certain configurations such as “session
optional pam_motd.so”, allows local users to gain privileges by modifying
the PATH environment variable to reference a malicious command, as
demonstrated via uname.
Author | Note |
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mdeslaur | code not present in hardy |