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
AI Score
Confidence
Low
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.
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
canonical | libpam-modules | 0.9.7 | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:libpam-modules:0.9.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
canonical | libpam-modules | 1.1.1 | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:libpam-modules:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
canonical | libpam-modules | 1.1.2 | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:libpam-modules:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
canonical | libpam-modules | 1.1.3 | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:libpam-modules:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 8.04 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:* |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 10.04 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:* |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 10.10 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 11.04 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | 11.10 | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |