Published: 03/05/2000 Updated: 10/09/2008

CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 725

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The pam_console PAM module in Linux systems performs a chown on various devices upon a user login, but an open file descriptor for those devices can be maintained after the user logs out, which allows that user to sniff activity on these devices when subsequent users log in.

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/* source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/1176/info A vulnerability exists in the pam_console PAM module, included as part of any Linux system running PAM pam_console exists to own certain devices to users logging in to the console of a Linux machine It is designed to allow only console users to utilize things such as sound devices It will ch ...

NVD-CWE-Other http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0023.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1176 https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19900/

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