{"id":"CVE-2011-0729","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2011-0729","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:45:15.439Z","title":"dbus_backend/ls-dbus-backend in the D-Bus backend in language-selector before 0.6.7 does not restrict access on the basis of a PolicyKit check result, which allows local users to modify the /etc/default/locale and /etc/environment files via a (1)…","description":"dbus_backend/ls-dbus-backend in the D-Bus backend in language-selector before 0.6.7 does not restrict access on the basis of a PolicyKit check result, which allows local users to modify the /etc/default/locale and /etc/environment files via a (1) SetSystemDefaultLangEnv or (2) SetSystemDefaultLanguageEnv call.","published":"2011-04-29T22:55:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:27:58.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@ubuntu.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["ubuntu/language-selector"],"epss":{"score":0.00333,"percentile":0.26349,"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":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.33%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/44214","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47502","tags":["Patch"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1115-1/","source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/packages/show/307975","source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1032","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/764397","source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.6.7","tags":["Patch"],"source":"security@ubuntu.com"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/44214","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47502","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1115-1/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/packages/show/307975","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1032","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/764397","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.6.7","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0729","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."}