CVE-2003-0388

pam_wheel in Linux-PAM 0.78, with the trust option enabled and the use_uid option disabled, allows local users to spoof log entries and gain privileges by causing getlogin() to return a spoofed user name.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.6 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2003-07-24

Last modified

2024-08-08

Affected products

• Linux Pam (Andrew Morgan)

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105577915506761&w=2
• http://www.idefense.com/advisory/06.16.03.txt
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-304.html