CVE Feed

    Dashboard / CVE / CVE-2005-2949

    CVE-2005-2949

    pam_per_user before 0.4 does not verify if the user name changes between authentication attempts and uses the same subrequest handle, which allows remote attackers or local users to login as other users by using certain applications that allow the username to be changed during authentication, such as /bin/login.

    Published:Sep 16, 2005
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Sep 16, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.00951
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Mark D. Roth
    Product
    Pam Per User

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High