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CVE-2011-4406

Date: April 16, 2014

The Ubuntu AccountsService package before 0.6.14-1git1ubuntu1.1 does not properly drop privileges when changing language settings, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Severity Score

Related Resources (6)

http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2011/CVE-2011-4406.html
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/oneiric/accountsservice/oneiric-updates/revision/21
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1351-1
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4406
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2011-4406
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-4406

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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