CVE-2017-6967
xrdp 0.9.1 calls the PAM function auth_start_session() in an incorrect location, leading to PAM session modules not being properly initialized, with a potential consequence of incorrect configurations or elevation of privileges, aka a pam_limits.so…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.50%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
xrdp 0.9.1 calls the PAM function auth_start_session() in an incorrect location, leading to PAM session modules not being properly initialized, with a potential consequence of incorrect configurations or elevation of privileges, aka a pam_limits.so bypass.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- EPSS
- 1.50% probability · 74th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- neutrinolabs/xrdp
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xrdp/+bug/1672742Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/issues/350Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/pull/694Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xrdp/+bug/1672742Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/issues/350Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/pull/694Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.