CVE-2010-4708
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The pam_env module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.2 and earlier reads the .pam_environment file in a user's home directory, which might allow local users to run programs with an unintended environment by executing a program that relies on the pam_env PAM check.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.4% (31th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-4673)
- 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-2010-4673 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://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/27/7(Patch)
- http://pam.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pam/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_env/pam_env.8.xml?r1=1.7&r2=1.8
- http://pam.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pam/Linux-PAM/modules/pam_env/pam_env.c?r1=1.22&r2=1.23(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49711
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-31.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46046
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641335(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65037
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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