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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Canonical Ubuntu Linux up to 11.9 (Operating System). This affects an unknown code block of the component Privileges. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The weakness was published 04/16/2014 by Hayawardh Vijayakumar (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at bazaar.launchpad.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-4406 since 11/07/2011. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 57762 (Ubuntu 11.10 : accountsservice vulnerability (USN-1351-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks.
Upgrading to version 11.10 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (72889) and Tenable (57762). Similar entry is available at 69379.
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CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 57762
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 11.10 : accountsservice vulnerability (USN-1351-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 840946
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for accountsservice USN-1351-1
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Ubuntu Linux 11.10
Timeline
11/07/2011 🔍01/31/2012 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: USN-1351-1Researcher: Hayawardh Vijayakumar
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-4406 (🔍)
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X-Force: 72889
Vulnerability Center: 40624 - AccountsService 0.6.14 Local Privilege Escalation and File System Write Vulnerability, Low
SecurityFocus: 51770 - AccountsService Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 03/25/2015 16:45Updated: 03/15/2022 10:37
Changes: 03/25/2015 16:45 (69), 05/06/2017 19:22 (5), 03/15/2022 10:31 (3), 03/15/2022 10:37 (1)
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