pam_wheel in Linux-PAM 0.78, with the trust option enabled and the use_uid option disabled, allows local users to spoof log entries and gain privileges by causing getlogin() to return a spoofed user name.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-06-18T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:50:47.933Z

Reserved: 2003-06-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2003-0388

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-07-24T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-20T23:44:36.747

Link: CVE-2003-0388

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2003-06-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2003-0388 - Bugzilla