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.
Published: 2014-04-16
Score: 3.6 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-4335 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1351-1 AccountsService vulnerability
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Canonical Accountsservice Ubuntu Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:09:18.393Z

Reserved: 2011-11-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-4406

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Status : Modified

Published: 2014-04-16T18:37:11.740

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2011-4406

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