Published: 17/11/2011 Updated: 29/08/2017

CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.9 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.4

VMScore: 695

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

Directory traversal vulnerability in openpam_configure.c in OpenPAM before r478 on FreeBSD 8.1 allows local users to load arbitrary DSOs and gain privileges via a .. (dot dot) in the service_name argument to the pam_start function, as demonstrated by a .. in the -c option to kcheckpass.

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source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/50607/info OpenPAM is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability Local attackers may exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with superuser privileges Successfully exploiting this issue will result in the complete compromise of affected computers #!/usr/bin/perl # kcheckpass invoking pa ...

CWE-22 http://osvdb.org/76945 http://c-skills.blogspot.com/2011/11/openpam-trickery.html http://secunia.com/advisories/46804 http://secunia.com/advisories/46756 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/08/9 http://stealth.openwall.net/xSports/pamslam http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/07/3 http://trac.des.no/openpam/changeset/478/trunk/lib/openpam_configure.c https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71205 https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36296/

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