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.
Vendor
pam extern vulnerabilities
1 published CVE affecting pam extern, from public sources (CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, OSV).
- Total
- 1
- Critical
- 0
- High
- 0
- Medium
- 0
- Low
- 1
- Unscored
- 0
- CISA KEV
- 0
Products
Latest pam extern CVEs
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LowCVSS 2.1 EPSS 0.31%
Sources: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, OSV and public exploit-reference metadata. Product matching comes from the published CVE records. A proof-of-concept means public code exists; it is not evidence of exploitation.