VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2005-2949

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.60%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-09-16
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

pam_per_user before 0.4 does not verify if the user name changes between authentication attempts and uses the same subrequest handle, which allows remote attackers or local users to login as other users by using certain applications that allow the username to be changed during authentication, such as /bin/login.

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