CVE-2011-1946

Published Jul 7, 2011

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description: gnomesu-pam-backend in libgnomesu 1.0.0 prints an error message but proceeds with the non-error code path upon failure of the setgid or setuid function, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to two unprivileged user accounts, and running many processes under one of these accounts.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.2
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-264

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:hongli_lai:libgnomesu:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "32364E8A-2810-492A-9008-6EEA80D02ED9"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References