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CVE-2011-5054

N/A

Published: January 6, 2012 at 09:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:35 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorKcheckpass

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.3%

Description

kcheckpass passes a user-supplied argument to the pam_start function, often within a setuid environment, which allows local users to invoke any configured PAM stack, and possibly trigger unintended side effects, via an arbitrary valid PAM service name, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-4122. NOTE: the vendor indicates that the possibility of resultant privilege escalation may be "a bit far-fetched."

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Kcheckpass · Kde

95%

All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (10)

x_refsource_MISC

Source: [email protected]

http://c-skills.blogspot.com/2011/11/openpam-trickery.html

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST

Source: [email protected]

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/07/3

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST

Source: [email protected]

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/08/9

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST

Source: [email protected]

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/23/8

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST

Source: [email protected]

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/27/1

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST

Source: [email protected]

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/27/3

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST

Source: [email protected]

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/28/5

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST

Source: [email protected]

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/02/10

CVSS

6.9MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-287

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