CVE-2006-5659

Published Nov 3, 2006

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

Description: PAM_extern before 0.2 sends a password as a command line argument, which allows local users to obtain the password by listing the command line arguments, such as ps. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 2.1
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:pam_extern:pam_extern:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "B556243F-D772-4624-B52A-F44B698E346B",
            "versionEndIncluding": "0.1"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References