PAM_extern 0.1 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in PAM_extern 0.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-5659. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in PAM_extern 0.1. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

PAM_extern before 0.2 sends a password as a command line argument, which allows local users to obtain the password by listing the command line arguments, such as ps. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

The weakness was disclosed 11/02/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-5659 since 11/02/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (29912). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

11/02/2006 🔍
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03/12/2015 +3052 days 🔍
04/26/2026 +4063 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-5659 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5659
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33077
X-Force: 29912 - PAM_Extern password information disclosure
Vupen: ADV-2006-4235

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 04/26/2026 03:04
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (44), 08/07/2018 09:29 (4), 04/26/2026 03:04 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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