{"id":"CVE-2010-4707","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2010-4707","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:51:57.970Z","title":"The check_acl function in pam_xauth.c in the pam_xauth module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.2 and earlier does not verify that a certain ACL file is a regular file, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a…","description":"The check_acl function in pam_xauth.c in the pam_xauth module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.2 and earlier does not verify that a certain ACL file is a regular file, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a special file.","published":"2011-01-24T19:00:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:25:23.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-399"],"affected":["linux-pam/linux-pam"],"epss":{"score":0.0036,"percentile":0.29483,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.36%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.altlinux.org/people/ldv/packages/?p=pam.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=Linux-PAM-1_1_2-2-gffe7058c70253d574b1963c7c93002bd410fddc9","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/03/1","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/49711","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-31.xml","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46045","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65036","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://git.altlinux.org/people/ldv/packages/?p=pam.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=Linux-PAM-1_1_2-2-gffe7058c70253d574b1963c7c93002bd410fddc9","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/03/1","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/49711","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-31.xml","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46045","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65036","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4707","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}