Vulnerability CVE-2011-1946


Published: 2011-07-07   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
gnomesu-pam-backend in libgnomesu 1.0.0 prints an error message but proceeds with the non-error code path upon failure of the setgid or setuid function, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to two unprivileged user accounts, and running many processes under one of these accounts.

Type:

CWE-264

(Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Hongli lai -> Libgnomesu 

 References:
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695627
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/31/11
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/30/2
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/67720
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48035

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