VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2014-2583

CVSS score5.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability4.11%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-04-10
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in pam_timestamp.c in the pam_timestamp module for Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.8 allow local users to create arbitrary files or possibly bypass authentication via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) PAM_RUSER value to the get_ruser function or (2) PAM_TTY value to the check_tty function, which is used by the format_timestamp_name function.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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