CVE-2011-4406

The Ubuntu AccountsService package before 0.6.14-1git1ubuntu1.1 does not properly drop privileges when changing language settings, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Score

CVSS 2.0 3.6 Low

Status

Modified - security@ubuntu.com

Published

2014-04-16

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected products

• Accountsservice (Canonical)
• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)

References

• http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/oneiric/accountsservice/oneiric-updates/revision/21
• http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2011/CVE-2011-4406.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1351-1