The Ubuntu AccountsService package before 0.6.14-1git1ubuntu1.1 does not properly drop privileges when changing language settings, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-4335 The Ubuntu AccountsService package before 0.6.14-1git1ubuntu1.1 does not properly drop privileges when changing language settings, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1351-1 AccountsService vulnerability
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:09:18.393Z

Reserved: 2011-11-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-4406

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-04-16T18:37:11.740

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2011-4406

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