CVE-2003-0388 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (pam_wheel in Linux-PAM 0.78, with the trust option enabled a)
pam_wheel in Linux-PAM 0.78, with the trust option enabled and the use_uid option disabled, allows local users to spoof log entries and gain privileges by causing getlogin() to return a spoofed user name.
| CVE ID | CVE-2003-0388 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 4.6 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2003-07-24 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | pam_wheel in Linux-PAM 0.78, with the trust option enabled and the use_uid option disabled, allows local users to spoof log entries and gain privileges by causing getlogin() to return a spoofed user name. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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