How severe is CVE-2011-3628?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of MEDIUM with a CVSS score of 6.9 out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2011-3628?

This is classified as NVD-CWE-Other, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2011-3628 - MEDIUM Severity | CVSS 6.9

Vulnerability Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in pam_motd (aka the MOTD module) in libpam-modules before 1.1.3-2ubuntu2.1 on Ubuntu 11.10, before 1.1.2-2ubuntu8.4 on Ubuntu 11.04, before 1.1.1-4ubuntu2.4 on Ubuntu 10.10, before 1.1.1-2ubuntu5.4 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, and before 0.99.7.1-5ubuntu6.5 on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, when using certain configurations such as "session optional pam_motd.so", allows local users to gain privileges by modifying the PATH environment variable to reference a malicious command, as demonstrated via uname.

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