{"id":"CVE-2011-1842","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2011-1842","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:05:31.578Z","title":"dbus_backend/lsd.py in the D-Bus backend in language-selector before 0.6.7 does not validate the arguments to the (1) SetSystemDefaultLangEnv and (2) SetSystemDefaultLanguageEnv functions, which allows local users to gain privileges via shell…","description":"dbus_backend/lsd.py in the D-Bus backend in language-selector before 0.6.7 does not validate the arguments to the (1) SetSystemDefaultLangEnv and (2) SetSystemDefaultLanguageEnv functions, which allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in a string argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0729.","published":"2011-05-03T00:55:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:30:14.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["ubuntu/language-selector"],"epss":{"score":0.00439,"percentile":0.37945,"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 (0.44%). 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":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47502","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1115-1/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/packages/show/307975","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1032","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67255","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/764397","tags":["Exploit","Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.6.7","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"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://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67255","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/764397","tags":["Exploit","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.6.7","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1842","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."}