VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2006-5659
CVSS score2.1 LOW
EPSS probability0.31%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2006-11-03
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Description
PAM_extern before 0.2 sends a password as a command line argument, which allows local users to obtain the password by listing the command line arguments, such as ps. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.