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CVE-2017-6967

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

xrdp 0.9.1 calls the PAM function auth_start_session() in an incorrect location, leading to PAM session modules not being properly initialized, with a potential consequence of incorrect configurations or elevation of privileges, aka a pam_limits.so bypass.

Affected products

• neutrinolabs xrdp: 0.9.1

References

• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xrdp/+bug/1672742
• https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/issues/350
• https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/pull/694
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xrdp/+bug/1672742
• https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/issues/350
• https://github.com/neutrinolabs/xrdp/pull/694

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