CVE-2014-2583
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in pam_timestamp.c in the pam_timestamp module for Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.8 allow local users to create arbitrary files or possibly bypass authentication
02 Description
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in pam_timestamp.c in the pam_timestamp module for Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.8 allow local users to create arbitrary files or possibly bypass authentication
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
- 4.10% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.4% 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 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2014-04-10 14:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 10:21Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-03-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- 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
- fde39c7243a4e584a9fff0ae0dd2a219208d67ebcd02abf7119ebfb3031b33a9
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140324 pam_timestamp internalshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/5
- www.securityfocus.com66493http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66493
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201605-05https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-05
- secunia.com57317http://secunia.com/advisories/57317
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2935-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-2
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140331 Re: pam_timestamp internalshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/31/6
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2935-3http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-3
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2935-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-1
- git.fedorahosted.orghttps://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/linux-pam.git/commit/?id=Linux-PAM-1_1_8-32-g9dcead8
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140326 Re: pam_timestamp internalshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/26/10
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pam Fixed in 1.1.8-3.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pam Fixed in 1.1.8-3.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pam Fixed in 1.1.8-3.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- pam Fixed in 1.1.8-1ubuntu2.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.