CVE-2010-3435
N/A
Published: January 24, 2011 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:22 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux-PAM
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
The (1) pam_env and (2) pam_mail modules in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.2 use root privileges during read access to files and directories that belong to arbitrary user accounts, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging this filesystem activity, as demonstrated by a symlink attack on the .pam_environment file in a user's home directory.
Affected
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (19)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000126.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/21/3Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/10Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/4Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/5Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/7Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/8Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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