cve-2011-4122
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2011-11-17 19:00
Modified
2024-08-07 00:01
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in openpam_configure.c in OpenPAM before r478 on FreeBSD 8.1 allows local users to load arbitrary DSOs and gain privileges via a .. (dot dot) in the service_name argument to the pam_start function, as demonstrated by a .. in the -c option to kcheckpass.
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