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veracodeVeracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:24160
HistoryApr 10, 2020 - 12:47 a.m.

Privilege Escalation

2020-04-1000:47:51
Veracode Vulnerability Database
sca.analysiscenter.veracode.com
12

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%

Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation. The attack exists because pam_namespace.c in the pam_namespace module in Linux-PAM uses the environment of the invoking application or service during execution of the namespace.init script, which might allow local users to gain privileges by running a setuid program that relies on the pam_namespace PAM check, as demonstrated by the sudo program.