CVE-2010-3435
EPSS 0.09%
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.
How to fix CVE-2010-3435
To remediate CVE-2010-3435, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/pam—upgrade to 1.1.3-1 or later
Is CVE-2010-3435 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.1.3-1