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.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Debian | 12 | all | pam | < 1.1.3-7 | pam_1.1.3-7_all.deb |
Debian | 11 | all | pam | < 1.1.3-7 | pam_1.1.3-7_all.deb |
Debian | 999 | all | pam | < 1.1.3-7 | pam_1.1.3-7_all.deb |
Debian | 13 | all | pam | < 1.1.3-7 | pam_1.1.3-7_all.deb |