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CVE-2010-0832

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.9 Published: 2010-07-12 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-59

References