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CVE-2011-4406

Published: Apr 16, 2014 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
3.6 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
HIGH
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4406
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
AccountsserviceCanonical*0.6.14 (including)
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical11.10 (including)11.10 (including)
AccountsserviceUbuntudevel*
AccountsserviceUbuntuoneiric*

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