CVE-2020-36394
HIGH
7
CVSS Score
Published: June 22, 2021 at 08:43 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:15 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPam Setquota
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Severity
HIGH7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
pam_setquota.c in the pam_setquota module before 2020-05-29 for Linux-PAM allows local attackers to set their quota on an arbitrary filesystem, in certain situations where the attacker's home directory is a FUSE filesystem mounted under /home.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 2020-05-29
Affected range stops below 2020-05-29, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q2/169CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
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CWE
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