{"cve":"CVE-2011-4406","nvd":{"published":"2014-04-16T18:37:11.740","modified":"2026-06-16T23:34:52.690","status":"Modified","description":"The Ubuntu AccountsService package before 0.6.14-1git1ubuntu1.1 does not properly drop privileges when changing language settings, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/oneiric/accountsservice/oneiric-updates/revision/21","http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2011/CVE-2011-4406.html","http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1351-1","http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/oneiric/accountsservice/oneiric-updates/revision/21","http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2011/CVE-2011-4406.html"],"products":["canonical:accountsservice","canonical:ubuntu_linux"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:32:06.812358378+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2011-4406","score":0.00378,"percentile":0.31841,"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."]}