CVE-2010-0832 (GCVE-0-2010-0832)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2010-07-12 16:00
Modified
2024-08-07 00:59
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
pam_motd (aka the MOTD module) in libpam-modules before 1.1.0-2ubuntu1.1 in PAM on Ubuntu 9.10 and libpam-modules before 1.1.1-2ubuntu5 in PAM on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS allows local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on .cache in a user's home directory, related to "user file stamps" and the motd.legal-notice file.
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