CVE-2010-0832

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-0832
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercanonical
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-07-12 16:30:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionpam_motd (aka the MOTD module) in libpam-modules before 1.1.0-2ubuntu1.1 in PAM on Ubuntu 9.10 and libpam-modules before 1.1.1-2ubuntu5 in PAM on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS allows local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on .cache in a user's home directory, related to "user file stamps" and the motd.legal-notice file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 9.10 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ubuntu PAM MOTD File Tampering (Privilege Escalation) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit
Jon Oberheide on Twitter: "rm -rf ~/.cache; ln -s /etc/shadow ~/.cache; ssh localhost (trigger pam_motd by re-logging in and you'll own /etc/shadow) #tweetsploits" af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 twitter.com
Ubuntu update for pam - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
USN-959-1: PAM vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory
Ubuntu closes root hole - The H Security: News and Features af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.h-online.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.osvdb.org/66116 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
PAM MOTD Module Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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