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CVE-2011-1946

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2011-07-07 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

gnomesu-pam-backend in libgnomesu 1.0.0 prints an error message but proceeds with the non-error code path upon failure of the setgid or setuid function, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to two unprivileged user accounts, and running many processes under one of these accounts.

Affected products

• Hongli Lai Libgnomesu: 1.0.0

References

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/30/2
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/31/11
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48035
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695627
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67720
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/30/2
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/31/11
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48035
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695627
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67720

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