Vulnerability Report

CVE-2011-0729

Title: Ubuntu Language-Selector

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2011-0729.

CWE Category CWE-264
Published Date Apr 29, 2011
Modified Date Apr 29, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.05%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2011-0729: dbus_backend/ls-dbus-backend in the D-Bus backend in language-selector before 0.6.7 does not restrict access on the basis of a PolicyKit check result, which allows local users to modify the /etc/default/locale and /etc/environment files via a (1) SetSystemDefaultLangEnv or (2) SetSystemDefaultLanguageEnv call.

Impacted Vendors

U
ubuntu 1
U
ubuntu_developers 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/44214 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47502 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1115-1/ http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/packages/show/307975 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1032 https://launchpad.net/bugs/764397 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.6.7 http://secunia.com/advisories/44214 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47502 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1115-1/ http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/packages/show/307975 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1032 https://launchpad.net/bugs/764397 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/language-selector/0.6.7
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.2
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2011-0729 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.