CVE-2011-4406

Description

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.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2011-4335

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1351-1

http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2011/CVE-2011-4406.html

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/oneiric/accountsservice/oneiric-updates/revision/21

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

EPSS