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CVE-2011-3628

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9 EPSS 0.38%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2014-04-15 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2011-3628
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.9
EPSS
0.38%
Ubuntu

Original NVD Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in pam_motd (aka the MOTD module) in libpam-modules before 1.1.3-2ubuntu2.1 on Ubuntu 11.10, before 1.1.2-2ubuntu8.4 on Ubuntu 11.04, before 1.1.1-4ubuntu2.4 on Ubuntu 10.10, before 1.1.1-2ubuntu5.4 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, and before 0.99.7.1-5ubuntu6.5 on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, when using certain configurations such as "session optional pam_motd.so", allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH environment variable to reference a malicious command, as demonstrated via uname.