CVE-2011-4406

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.

How to fix CVE-2011-4406

To remediate CVE-2011-4406, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/accountsservice—upgrade to 0.6.15-3 or later

Is CVE-2011-4406 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 0.6.15-3

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4406