CVE-2010-3435

MediumCVSS 4.7/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

The (1) pam_env and (2) pam_mail modules in Linux-PAM (aka pam) before 1.1.2 use root privileges during read access to files and directories that belong to arbitrary user accounts, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging this filesystem activity, as demonstrated by a symlink attack on the .pam_environment file in a user's home directory.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.7/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jan 24, 2011
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2010-3435: Medium severity, CVSS 4.7 | Vulnix