CVEvulnerability
CVE-2010-0832
6.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-07-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
pam_motd (aka the MOTD module) in libpam-modules before 1.1.0-2ubuntu1.1 in PAM on Ubuntu 9.10 and libpam-modules before 1.1.1-2ubuntu5 in PAM on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS allows local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on .cache in a user's home directory, related to "user file stamps" and the motd.legal-notice file.
Affected configurations
• canonical ubuntu linux 10.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 9.10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40512 Vendor Advisory
- http://twitter.com/jonoberheide/statuses/18009527979 twitter.com
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14273 Exploit
- http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Ubuntu-closes-root-hole-1034618.html www.h-online.com
- http://www.osvdb.org/66116 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41465 Exploit, Patch
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-959-1 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1747 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60194 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40512 Vendor Advisory
- http://twitter.com/jonoberheide/statuses/18009527979 twitter.com
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14273 Exploit
- http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Ubuntu-closes-root-hole-1034618.html www.h-online.com
- http://www.osvdb.org/66116 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41465 Exploit, Patch
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-959-1 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1747 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/60194 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com