3.6

CVE-2011-4406: canonical accountsservice

CVSS: 3.6v2.0LowModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2011-4406
Published 16-04-2014Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-4406 is a low (CVSS 3.6) vulnerability in canonical accountsservice. EPSS estimates a 0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
14/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.6/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.38%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 16-04-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Ubuntu AccountsService package before 0.6.14-1git1ubuntu1.1 does not properly drop privileges when changing language settings, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.38%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

30%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.38% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.38%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Canonical2 products
Debian1 product
  • accountsservice< 0.6.15-3

2 vendors · 3 products

References

4 links