CVE-2010-3430
The privilege-dropping implementation in the (1) pam_env and (2) pam_mail modules in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.2 does not perform the required setfsgid and setgroups system calls, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging unintended group permissions, as demonstrated by a symlink attack on the .pam_environment file in a user's home directory. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-3435.
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 27% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux-pam:linux-pam
References
- http://git.altlinux.org/people/ldv/packages/?p=pam.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=843807a3a90f52e7538be756616510730a24739a
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/21/10
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/21/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/21/8
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/21/9