CVE-2010-4706

mediumpriority · track · 20EPSS 0.004 · 31 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.37% (31st) EPSS
CVSS 4.9 · medium
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25 products
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Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The pam_sm_close_session function in pam_xauth.c in the pam_xauth module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.2 and earlier does not properly handle a failure to determine a certain target uid, which might allow local users to delete unintended files by executing a program that relies on the pam_xauth PAM check.

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cvss

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4.9
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.9mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.9
v2.04.2mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

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CWE-20USLLM-inferred
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affected products (25)

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also known as (2)

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enisa_euvdnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2011-01-24modified 2026-06-16
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