Vulnerability CVE-2017-6967


Published: 2017-03-17

Description:
xrdp 0.9.1 calls the PAM function auth_start_session() in an incorrect location, leading to PAM session modules not being properly initialized, with a potential consequence of incorrect configurations or elevation of privileges, aka a pam_limits.so bypass.

Type:

CWE-287

(Improper Authentication)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
XRDP -> XRDP 

 References:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xrdp/+bug/1672742
https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/issues/350
https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/pull/694

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