{"cve":"CVE-2011-1842","nvd":{"published":"2011-05-03T00:55:01.093","modified":"2026-06-16T23:30:13.530","status":"Modified","description":"dbus_backend/lsd.py in the D-Bus backend in language-selector before 0.6.7 does not validate the arguments to the (1) SetSystemDefaultLangEnv and (2) SetSystemDefaultLanguageEnv functions, which allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in a string argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0729.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/44214","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47502","http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1115-1/","http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/packages/show/307975","http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1032"],"products":["ubuntu:language-selector"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:58:50.521460154+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2011-1842","score":0.00439,"percentile":0.38218,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}