cve/2011/CVE-2011-5054.md

CVE-2011-5054

Description

kcheckpass passes a user-supplied argument to the pam_start function, often within a setuid environment, which allows local users to invoke any configured PAM stack, and possibly trigger unintended side effects, via an arbitrary valid PAM service name, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-4122. NOTE: the vendor indicates that the possibility of resultant privilege escalation may be "a bit far-fetched."

POC

Reference

• http://c-skills.blogspot.com/2011/11/openpam-trickery.html

Github

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