VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-4406
The Ubuntu AccountsService package before 0.6.14-1git1ubuntu1.1 does not properly drop privileges when changing language settings, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.
LOW 3.6EPSS 0.38%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Ubuntu AccountsService package before 0.6.14-1git1ubuntu1.1 does not properly drop privileges when changing language settings, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.6 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.38% probability · 31th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- canonical/accountsservice · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- security@ubuntu.com
References
- http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/oneiric/accountsservice/oneiric-updates/revision/21Patch
- http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2011/CVE-2011-4406.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1351-1Vendor Advisory
- http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/oneiric/accountsservice/oneiric-updates/revision/21Patch
- http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2011/CVE-2011-4406.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1351-1Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.