CVE-2011-4122

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-4122
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-11-17 19:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in openpam_configure.c in OpenPAM before r478 on FreeBSD 8.1 allows local users to load arbitrary DSOs and gain privileges via a .. (dot dot) in the service_name argument to the pam_start function, as demonstrated by a .. in the -c option to kcheckpass.

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-22 | 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 Freebsd Freebsd 8.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/76945 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Changeset 478 for trunk/lib/openpam_configure.c – OpenPAM af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.des.no
C-skills: openpam trickery af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 c-skills.blogspot.com Exploit
stealth.openwall.net/xSports/pamslam af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 stealth.openwall.net
Security Advisory SA46804 - FreeBSD OpenPAM Privilege Escalation Security Issue - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: Disputing CVE-2011-4122 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Disputing CVE-2011-4122 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
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