CVE-2003-0388

MediumCVSS 4.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

pam_wheel in Linux-PAM 0.78, with the trust option enabled and the use_uid option disabled, allows local users to spoof log entries and gain privileges by causing getlogin() to return a spoofed user name.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.6/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105577915506761&w=2
http://www.idefense.com/advisory/06.16.03.txtExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-304.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105577915506761&w=2
http://www.idefense.com/advisory/06.16.03.txtExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-304.html

Timeline

Published: Jul 24, 2003
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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