CVE-2014-2583

Linux Pam vulnerability

CVSS

5.8

EPSS

4.1%

EPSS pct

90th

Exploited

No known

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in pam_timestamp.c in the pam_timestamp module for Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.8 allow local users to create arbitrary files or possibly bypass authentication via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) PAM_RUSER value to the get_ruser function or (2) PAM_TTY value to the check_tty function, which is used by the format_timestamp_name function.

Affected vendor

Linux Pam

Affected product

Linux Pam

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Published

2014-04-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 4.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

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