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CVE-2011-4406

The Ubuntu AccountsService package before 0.6.14-1git1ubuntu1.1 does not properly drop privileges when changing language settings, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Published

2014-04-16T18:37:11.740

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 3.6 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

4.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	canonical	accountsservice	≤ 0.6.14	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	11.10	Yes

References

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/oneiric/accountsservice/oneiric-updates/revision/21 Patch ([email protected])
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2011/CVE-2011-4406.html ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1351-1 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/oneiric/accountsservice/oneiric-updates/revision/21 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2011/CVE-2011-4406.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1351-1 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)