CVE-2011-4406

Published: Apr 16, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-264

NVD MITRE

3.6CVSSLOW

EPSS Score

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAccess Vector

Local

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected Products

n/a n/a

accountsservice canonical

On-prem

Operating Systems / linux-distro

ubuntu linux canonical

On-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

canonicalcommercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical ltd.

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2011/CVE-2011-4406.html

people.canonical.com

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/oneiric/accountsservice/oneiric-updates/revision/21

bazaar.launchpad.net

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1351-1

ubuntu.com

Timeline

Published

Apr 16, 2014

Last Updated

May 6, 2026

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