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CVE-2010-4706

Date: January 24, 2011

The pam_sm_close_session function in pam_xauth.c in the pam_xauth module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.2 and earlier does not properly handle a failure to determine a certain target uid, which might allow local users to delete unintended files by executing a program that relies on the pam_xauth PAM check.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (9)

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65035
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46045
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/03/1
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-31.xml
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4706
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4706
http://git.altlinux.org/people/ldv/packages/?p=pam.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=Linux-PAM-1_1_2-3-g05dafc06cd3dfeb7c4b24942e4e1ae33ff75a123
http://secunia.com/advisories/49711
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2010-4706

Severity Score

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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