pam: path traversal issue in pam_timestamp's format_timestamp_name()
Published Apr 10, 2014
5.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.12%
Description
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in pam_timestamp.c in the pam_timestamp module for Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.8 allow local users to create arbitrary files or possibly bypass authentication via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) PAM_RUSER value to the get_ruser function or (2) PAM_TTY value to the check_tty function, which is used by the format_timestamp_name function.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
pam
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
pam
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
pam
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | pam | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | pam | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | pam | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.12% (0.04121) | 90.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.09% (0.04087) | 89.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.77% (0.00773) | 71.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.34% (0.00345) | 72.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.34% (0.00345) | 70.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 21, 2023 | 0.34% (0.00345) | 68.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 5, 2023 | 0.34% (0.00335) | 66.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.43% (0.00425) | 70.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 74.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 72.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.54% (0.01537) | 51.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57317 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/26/10 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/31/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66493 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-3 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2583 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1080243 Issue Tracking
- https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/linux-pam.git/commit/?id=Linux-PAM-1_1_8-32-g9dcead8 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2583
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-05 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2583
Change history (0)
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