CVE-2010-3435
The (1) pam_env and (2) pam_mail modules in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.2 use root privileges during read access to files and directories that belong to arbitrary user accounts, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging this filesystem activity, as demonstrated by a symlink attack on the .pam_environment file in a user's home directory.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.7 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N- EPSS score
- 0.4% (29th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-3433)
- Published
- January 24, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-3433 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
- linux-pam / linux-pam
References
- http://git.altlinux.org/people/ldv/packages/?p=pam.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=06f882f30092a39a1db867c9744b2ca8d60e4ad6
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000126.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/21/3(Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/10
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/4(Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/5(Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/7(Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/8
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/25/2(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49711
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-31.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:220
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/24/2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0819.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0891.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516909/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0004.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0606
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641335(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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