fkie_cve-2025-6018
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2025-07-23 15:15
Modified
2025-10-09 15:55
Severity ?
Summary
A Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability has been discovered in pam-config within Linux Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM). This flaw allows an unprivileged local attacker (for example, a user logged in via SSH) to obtain the elevated privileges normally reserved for a physically present, "allow_active" user. The highest risk is that the attacker can then perform all allow_active yes Polkit actions, which are typically restricted to console users, potentially gaining unauthorized control over system configurations, services, or other sensitive operations.
References
▼ | URL | Tags | |
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secalert@redhat.com | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6018 | Third Party Advisory | |
secalert@redhat.com | https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372693 | Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory | |
secalert@redhat.com | https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243226 | Exploit, Third Party Advisory | |
secalert@redhat.com | https://cdn2.qualys.com/2025/06/17/suse15-pam-udisks-lpe.txt | Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory | |
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 | https://cdn2.qualys.com/2025/06/17/suse15-pam-udisks-lpe.txt | Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory |
Impacted products
Vendor | Product | Version | |
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suse | pam-config | 1.1.8-24.71.1 |
{ "configurations": [ { "nodes": [ { "cpeMatch": [ { "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:suse:pam-config:1.1.8-24.71.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "8C0DA836-1013-4F7C-BEA7-00657996C0EE", "vulnerable": true } ], "negate": false, "operator": "OR" } ] } ], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "A Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability has been discovered in pam-config within Linux Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM). This flaw allows an unprivileged local attacker (for example, a user logged in via SSH) to obtain the elevated privileges normally reserved for a physically present, \"allow_active\" user. The highest risk is that the attacker can then perform all allow_active yes Polkit actions, which are typically restricted to console users, potentially gaining unauthorized control over system configurations, services, or other sensitive operations." }, { "lang": "es", "value": "Se ha descubierto una vulnerabilidad de Escalada de Privilegios Locales (LPE) en pam-config, dentro de los M\u00f3dulos de Autenticaci\u00f3n Conectables (PAM) de Linux. Esta falla permite a un atacante local sin privilegios (por ejemplo, un usuario conectado por SSH) obtener los privilegios elevados normalmente reservados para un usuario \"allow_active\" f\u00edsicamente presente. El mayor riesgo es que el atacante pueda entonces realizar todas las acciones \"allow_active yes\" de Polkit, que normalmente est\u00e1n restringidas a los usuarios de consola, lo que podr\u00eda permitirle obtener control no autorizado sobre las configuraciones del sistema, los servicios u otras operaciones sensibles." } ], "id": "CVE-2025-6018", "lastModified": "2025-10-09T15:55:11.957", "metrics": { "cvssMetricV31": [ { "cvssData": { "attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.1" }, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 5.9, "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "type": "Primary" } ] }, "published": "2025-07-23T15:15:34.810", "references": [ { "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "tags": [ "Third Party Advisory" ], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6018" }, { "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "tags": [ "Issue Tracking", "Third Party Advisory" ], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372693" }, { "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "tags": [ "Exploit", "Third Party Advisory" ], "url": "https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243226" }, { "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "tags": [ "Exploit", "Issue Tracking", "Third Party Advisory" ], "url": "https://cdn2.qualys.com/2025/06/17/suse15-pam-udisks-lpe.txt" }, { "source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "tags": [ "Exploit", "Issue Tracking", "Third Party Advisory" ], "url": "https://cdn2.qualys.com/2025/06/17/suse15-pam-udisks-lpe.txt" } ], "sourceIdentifier": "secalert@redhat.com", "vulnStatus": "Analyzed", "weaknesses": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "CWE-863" } ], "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "type": "Primary" } ] }
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