01 Record
CVE-2011-4122
Directory traversal vulnerability in openpam_configure.c in OpenPAM before r478 on FreeBSD 8.1 allows local users to load arbitrary DSOs and gain privileges via a .. (dot dot) in the service_name
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in openpam_configure.c in OpenPAM before r478 on FreeBSD 8.1 allows local users to load arbitrary DSOs and gain privileges via a .. (dot dot) in the service_name
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.88% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 58.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-11-17 19:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 00:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-10-18
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 78f2ec4989216c5cd9b4e597c4a2ca43c965f8631252be7b7e69b48a9f55e668
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- stealth.openwall.nethttp://stealth.openwall.net/xSports/pamslam
- secunia.com46756http://secunia.com/advisories/46756
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20111207 Disputing CVE-2011-4122http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/07/3
- trac.des.nohttp://trac.des.no/openpam/changeset/478/trunk/lib/openpam_configure.c
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comopenpam-Pamstart-privilege-escalation(71205)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71205
- osvdb.org76945http://osvdb.org/76945
- c-skills.blogspot.comhttp://c-skills.blogspot.com/2011/11/openpam-trickery.html
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20111208 Re: Disputing CVE-2011-4122http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/08/9
- secunia.com46804http://secunia.com/advisories/46804