CVE-2011-4406

low

Published 2014-04-16 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

3.6

Description

The Ubuntu AccountsService package before 0.6.14-1git1ubuntu1.1 does not properly drop privileges when changing language settings, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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OS impact

Ubuntu Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
11.10	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`0.6.15-3`
sid	Fixed	`0.6.15-3`
forky	Fixed	`0.6.15-3`
bullseye	Fixed	`0.6.15-3`
bookworm	Fixed	`0.6.15-3`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
canonical	accountsservice	`{"endIncluding":"0.6.14"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.