{"cve":"CVE-2011-3628","nvd":{"published":"2014-04-15T23:55:07.297","modified":"2026-06-16T23:33:39.273","status":"Modified","description":"Untrusted search path vulnerability in pam_motd (aka the MOTD module) in libpam-modules before 1.1.3-2ubuntu2.1 on Ubuntu 11.10, before 1.1.2-2ubuntu8.4 on Ubuntu 11.04, before 1.1.1-4ubuntu2.4 on Ubuntu 10.10, before 1.1.1-2ubuntu5.4 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, and before 0.99.7.1-5ubuntu6.5 on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, when using certain configurations such as \"session optional pam_motd.so\", allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH environment variable to reference a malicious command, as demonstrated via uname.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1237-1","https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/pam/%2Bbug/610125","http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1237-1","https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/pam/%2Bbug/610125"],"products":["canonical:libpam-modules","canonical:ubuntu_linux"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:32:06.812358378+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2011-3628","score":0.00383,"percentile":0.32343,"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."]}