Description
pam-xdg-support, as used in Ubuntu 12.10, does not properly handle the PATH environment variable, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to sudo.
Published: 2013-03-21
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-1092 pam-xdg-support, as used in Ubuntu 12.10, does not properly handle the PATH environment variable, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to sudo.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1766-1 pam-xdg-support vulnerability
History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00018}

epss

{'score': 0.00017}


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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T14:49:20.524Z

Reserved: 2013-01-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-1052

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-03-21T17:55:03.087

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2013-1052

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