CVE-2011-4406 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges and modify arbitrary files due to improper privilege dropping in Ubuntu AccountsService language settings.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2011-4406?
CVE-2011-4406 is a low-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 16 Apr 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-4406?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Canonical Accountsservice, Canonical Ubuntu Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2011-4406?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2011-4406 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-4406 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4406, GHSA-hg97-5vhj-mp5w.