PT-2012-2033 · Kde · Kcheckpass

Sebastian · Published 2012-01-06 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2011-5054

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions kcheckpass (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local users to invoke any configured PAM stack, potentially triggering unintended side effects, by passing a user-supplied argument to the pam start function within a setuid environment. This can be achieved via an arbitrary valid PAM service name. The vendor notes that the possibility of resultant privilege escalation may be unlikely.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-5054

Affected Products

Kcheckpass

References · 11

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-5054 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72230 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/02/10 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/08/9 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/07/3 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/28/5 · Note
• http://c-skills.blogspot.com/2011/11/openpam-trickery.html · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/27/3 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/27/1 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/23/8 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/02/11 · Note