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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 12, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2010-0832

CVE-2010-0832

Description

pam_motd (aka the MOTD module) in libpam-modules before 1.1.0-2ubuntu1.1 in PAM on Ubuntu 9.10 and libpam-modules before 1.1.1-2ubuntu5 in PAM on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS allows local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on .cache in a user's home directory, related to "user file stamps" and the motd.legal-notice file.

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Affected products

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  • Canonical/Ubuntu Linux2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Ubuntu/libpam-modulesllm-fuzzy
    Range: <1.1.0-2ubuntu1.1 (Ubuntu 9.10), <1.1.1-2ubuntu5 (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS)
  • Ubuntu/pam_motdllm-fuzzy
    Range: <1.1.0-2ubuntu1.1 (Ubuntu 9.10), <1.1.1-2ubuntu5 (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS)

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