CVE-2003-0388

published 2003-07-24

CVE-2003-0388: pam_wheel in Linux-PAM 0.78, with the trust option enabled and the use_uid option disabled, allows local users to spoof log entries and gain privileges by…

Priority P4 16 medium 4.6 CVSS 2.0

AV L AC L Au N C P I P A P

EXPLOIT

pam_wheel in Linux-PAM 0.78, with the trust option enabled and the use_uid option disabled, allows local users to spoof log entries and gain privileges by causing getlogin() to return a spoofed user name.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
andrew_morgan	linux_pam	<= 0.77	—
debian	pam	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

vendor_debian 4.6 LOW

vendor_redhat 4.6 MEDIUM

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