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CVE-2013-1052

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-03-21 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

pam-xdg-support, as used in Ubuntu 12.10, does not properly handle the PATH environment variable, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to sudo.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.10

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58550
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1766-1
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82918
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58550
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1766-1
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82918

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