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CVE-2010-3435
The (1) pam_env and (2) pam_mail modules in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.2 use root privileges during read access to files and…
- 4.7MediumCVSS base score
- 0.37%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 69% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The (1) pam_env and (2) pam_mail modules in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.2 use root privileges during read access to files and directories that belong to arbitrary user accounts, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging this filesystem activity, as demonstrated by a symlink attack on the .pam_environment file in a user's home directory.
Timeline
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By redhat
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.7 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.37% · top 69% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
19
- [oss-security] 20100927 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100921 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-201206-31 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [security-announce] 20110307 VMSA-2011-0004 VMware ESX/ESXi SLPD denial of service vulnerability and ESX third party updates for Service Console packages bind, pam, and rpm (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0606 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20110308 VMSA-2011-0004 VMware ESX/ESXi SLPD denial of service vulnerability and ESX third party updates for Service Console packages bind, pam, and rpm. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100924 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100928 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100927 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:220 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 49711 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://git.altlinux.org/people/ldv/packages/?p=pam.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=06f882f30092a39a1db867c9744b2ca8d60e4ad6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100928 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0891 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641335 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20101025 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0819 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0004.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100927 Re: Minor security flaw with pam_xauth (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-3433 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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