CVE-2019-16729
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.4%
pam-python before 1.0.7-1 has an issue in regard to the default environment variable handling of Python, which could allow for local root escalation in certain PAM setups.
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 7.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - EPSS
- 0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 28th percentile
- Published
- 2019-09-24
- Updated
- 2024-08-05
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
- stealth/papyrus4★ · 2020-01-02
Security advisories
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1150510#c1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00020.html
- https://tracker.debian.org/news/1066790/accepted-pam-python-107-1-source-amd64-all-into-u…
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4552-1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4552-2
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4555
- https://sourceforge.net/p/pam-python/code/ci/0247ab687b4347cc52859ca461fb0126dd7e2ebe