CVE-2011-5054

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-5054
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-01-06 21:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionkcheckpass passes a user-supplied argument to the pam_start function, often within a setuid environment, which allows local users to invoke any configured PAM stack, and possibly trigger unintended side effects, via an arbitrary valid PAM service name, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-4122. NOTE: the vendor indicates that the possibility of resultant privilege escalation may be "a bit far-fetched."

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-287 | 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
Application Kde Kcheckpass All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: Disputing CVE-2011-4122 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: Disputing CVE-2011-4122 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
C-skills: openpam trickery af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 c-skills.blogspot.com
oss-security - Re: Disputing CVE-2011-4122 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: Disputing CVE-2011-4122 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
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
oss-security - Re: Disputing CVE-2011-4122 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: Disputing CVE-2011-4122 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
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