dbus_backend/lsd.py in the D-Bus backend in language-selector before 0.6.7 does not validate the arguments to the (1) SetSystemDefaultLangEnv and (2) SetSystemDefaultLanguageEnv functions, which allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in a string argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0729.
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language-selector
Vendor: ubuntu
Actively Exploited
0
CISA KEV List
PoC / Exploits
0
Code Available
Total RCEs
0
Remote Access
Total CVEs
4
Total Indexed
Avg. EPSS
0.05%
Exploit Prob.
Security Vulnerability Index
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7.2
CVSS
Severity: HIGH
7.2
CVSS
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.
Severity: HIGH