CVE-2013-1052 (GCVE-0-2013-1052)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-03-21 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 14:49
VLAI
Summary
pam-xdg-support, as used in Ubuntu 12.10, does not properly handle the PATH environment variable, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to sudo.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58550 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1766-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2013-03-18 00:00
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