CVE-2011-3628

Untrusted search path vulnerability in pam_motd - Path Traversal

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1237-1

Scores

EPSS 0.0038
EPSS Percentile 30.8%

Details

Status published
Products (9)
canonical/libpam-modules 0.9.7
canonical/libpam-modules 1.1.1
canonical/libpam-modules 1.1.2
canonical/libpam-modules 1.1.3
canonical/ubuntu_linux 8.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 11.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 11.10
Published Apr 15, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026