Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 3, 2006· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2006-5659

Description

PAM_extern before 0.2 sends a password as a command line argument, which allows local users to obtain the password by listing the command line arguments, such as ps. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Affected products

Pam Extern/Pam Extern
cpe:2.3:a:pam_extern:pam_extern:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=0.1

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4235nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29912nvd

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