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CVE-2010-3435

The (1) pam_env and (2) pam_mail modules in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.2 use root privileges during read access to files and directories that belong to arbitrary user accounts, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging this filesystem activity, as demonstrated by a symlink attack on the .pam_environment file in a user's home directory.

Published

2011-01-24T18:00:02.033

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.7 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application linux-pam linux-pam ≤ 1.1.1 Yes
Application linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.1.0 Yes
Application linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.2.0 Yes
Application linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.2.1 Yes
Application linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.3.0 Yes
Application linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.4.0 Yes
Application linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.5.0 Yes
Application linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.6.0 Yes
Application linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.6.1 Yes
Application linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.6.2 Yes
Application linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.6.3 Yes
Application linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.7.0 Yes
Application linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.7.1 Yes
Application linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.8.0 Yes
Application linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.8.1 Yes
Application linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.9.0 Yes
Application linux-pam linux-pam 0.99.10.0 Yes
Application linux-pam linux-pam 1.0.0 Yes
Application linux-pam linux-pam 1.0.1 Yes
Application linux-pam linux-pam 1.0.2 Yes
Application linux-pam linux-pam 1.0.3 Yes
Application linux-pam linux-pam 1.0.4 Yes
Application linux-pam linux-pam 1.1.0 Yes
References