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Status published
Medium
CVE-2022-1804
Accountsservice incorrectly drops privileges
Vulnerability Description
accountsservice no longer drops permissions when writting .pam_environment
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Gunnar Hjalmarsson
- Marc Deslauriers
- Seth Arnold
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Affected Vendor
Ubuntu
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Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0.6.55-3ubuntu1
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 25th, 2025
Last Modified:
March 25th, 2025
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H