VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2011-0729

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.33%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-04-29
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

dbus_backend/ls-dbus-backend in the D-Bus backend in language-selector before 0.6.7 does not restrict access on the basis of a PolicyKit check result, which allows local users to modify the /etc/default/locale and /etc/environment files via a (1) SetSystemDefaultLangEnv or (2) SetSystemDefaultLanguageEnv call.

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