CVE-2010-3853
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
pam_namespace.c in the pam_namespace module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.3 uses the environment of the invoking application or service during execution of the namespace.init script, which might allow local users to gain privileges by running a setuid program that relies on the pam_namespace PAM check, as demonstrated by the sudo program.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.4% (36th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-3832)
- 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-2010-3832 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
- linux-pam / linux-pam
References
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000126.html
- http://pam.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pam/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_namespace/pam_namespace.c?view=log#rev1.13(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.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=643043(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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