Untrusted search path vulnerability in pam_motd (aka the MOTD module) in libpam-modules before 1.1.3-2ubuntu2.1 on Ubuntu 11.10, before 1.1.2-2ubuntu8.4 on Ubuntu 11.04, before 1.1.1-4ubuntu2.4 on Ubuntu 10.10, before 1.1.1-2ubuntu5.4 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, and before 0.99.7.1-5ubuntu6.5 on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, when using certain configurations such as "session optional pam_motd.so", allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH environment variable to reference a malicious command, as demonstrated via uname.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2014-04-15T18:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:37:48.655Z

Reserved: 2011-09-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-3628

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2014-04-15T23:55:07.297

Modified: 2014-04-16T15:04:35.687

Link: CVE-2011-3628

cve-icon Redhat

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