OpenPAM 'pam_start()' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:50607

Info

OpenPAM 'pam_start()' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 50607
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2011-4122
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Nov 09 2011 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 23 2011 04:50PM
Credit: IKCE
Vulnerable: OpenPAM OpenPAM 0
NetBSD NetBSD current pre20010805
NetBSD NetBSD current August 23 2006
NetBSD NetBSD 4.0.2
NetBSD NetBSD 4.0.1
NetBSD NetBSD current pre20061022
NetBSD NetBSD current pre20010701
NetBSD NetBSD Current
NetBSD NetBSD 5.1
NetBSD NetBSD 4.0 BETA2
FreeBSD Freebsd 9.0-STABLE
FreeBSD Freebsd 9.0-RELEASE
FreeBSD Freebsd 9.0-RC3
FreeBSD Freebsd 9.0-RC1
FreeBSD Freebsd 8.2-STABLE
FreeBSD Freebsd 8.2-STABLE
FreeBSD Freebsd 8.2-RELEASE-p2
FreeBSD Freebsd 8.2-RELEASE-p1
FreeBSD Freebsd 8.2 - RELEASE -p3
FreeBSD Freebsd 8.2
FreeBSD Freebsd 8.1-RELEASE-p5
FreeBSD Freebsd 8.1-RELEASE-p4
FreeBSD FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 8.1-PRERELEASE
FreeBSD Freebsd 8.1
FreeBSD Freebsd 7.4-STABLE
FreeBSD Freebsd 7.4-RELEASE-p2
FreeBSD Freebsd 7.4 -RELEASE-p3
FreeBSD Freebsd 7.4
FreeBSD FreeBSD 7.3-STABLE
FreeBSD Freebsd 7.3-RELEASE-p6
FreeBSD FreeBSD 7.3-RELEASE-p1
FreeBSD Freebsd 7.3 - RELEASE - p7
FreeBSD Freebsd 7.3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

OpenPAM 'pam_start()' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

OpenPAM is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Local attackers may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with superuser privileges. Successfully exploiting this issue will result in the complete compromise of affected computers.

Exploit / POC

OpenPAM 'pam_start()' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The following exploit is available:

Solution / Fix

OpenPAM 'pam_start()' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.

References

OpenPAM 'pam_start()' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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