CVE-2024-10041
Oct. 23, 2024, 3:12 p.m.
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Product(s) Impacted
PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules)
Description
A vulnerability was found in PAM. The secret information is stored in memory, where the attacker can trigger the victim program to execute by sending characters to its standard input (stdin). As this occurs, the attacker can train the branch predictor to execute an ROP chain speculatively. This flaw could result in leaked passwords, such as those found in /etc/shadow while performing authentications.
Weaknesses
Date
Published: Oct. 23, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Oct. 23, 2024, 3:12 p.m.
Status : Undergoing Analysis
CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
More infoSource
secalert@redhat.com
CVSS Data
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
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MEDIUMCVSS Vector String
The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.
View Vector StringCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N