CVE-2010-3435: linux-pam
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2010-3435 is a medium (CVSS 4.7) vulnerability in linux-pam. EPSS estimates a 0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2Timeline
- 24-01-2011PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
0.35%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
28%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.35% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Debian1 product
- pam< 1.1.3-1
Linux-pam1 product
- linux-pam≤ 1.1.1 | 0.99.1.0 | 0.99.2.0 | 0.99.2.1 | 0.99.3.0 | 0.99.4.0 | 0.99.5.0 | 0.99.6.0 | 0.99.6.1 | 0.99.6.2 | 0.99.6.3 | 0.99.7.0 | 0.99.7.1 | 0.99.8.0 | 0.99.8.1 | 0.99.9.0 | 0.99.10.0 | 1.0.0 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3 | 1.0.4 | 1.1.0
2 vendors · 2 products
References
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- git.altlinux.org/people/…X Refsource CONFIRM
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0004.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
