CVE-2014-2583

Published Apr 10, 2014

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

Description: Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in pam_timestamp.c in the pam_timestamp module for Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.8 allow local users to create arbitrary files or possibly bypass authentication via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) PAM_RUSER value to the get_ruser function or (2) PAM_TTY value to the check_tty function, which is used by the format_timestamp_name function.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 5.8
Impact score: 4.9
Exploitability score: 8.6
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-22

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:linux-pam:linux-pam:1.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "90605E61-D799-47D1-AE78-F47D0DCE4CC6"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References