CVE-2014-2583
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in pam_timestamp.c in the pam_timestamp module for Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.8 allow local…
- 5.8MediumCVSS base score
- 4.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 20 days later
· 20 days later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 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 | Medium5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.1% · top 9.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- [oss-security] 20140324 pam_timestamp internals (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 66493 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-201605-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 57317 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-2935-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140331 Re: pam_timestamp internals (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-2935-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2935-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/linux-pam.git/commit/?id=Linux-PAM-1_1_8-32-g9dcead8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140326 Re: pam_timestamp internals (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-2014-2615 (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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