CVE-2024-10041

MEDIUM EPSS 17.8%

Published Oct 23, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago

4.7 CVSS 3.1

Medium

Published Oct 23, 2024 1y ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

A vulnerability was found in PAM. The secret information is stored in memory, where the attacker can trigger the victim program to execute by sending characters to its standard input (stdin). As this occurs, the attacker can train the branch predictor to execute an ROP chain speculatively. This flaw could result in leaked passwords, such as those found in /etc/shadow while performing authentications.

CVSS Details

Base Score

4.7

Exploitability

1.0

Impact

3.6

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

User Interaction None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality High

Integrity None

Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

17.8% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-922

Affected Products 4

Vendor	Product	Version	Range
linux-pam	linux-pam	*	any
redhat	enterprise_linux	7.0	any
redhat	enterprise_linux	8.0	any
redhat	enterprise_linux	9.0	any

References 5

access.redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:10379
access.redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:11250
access.redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9941
access.redhat.com https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-10041

MitigationThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2319212

Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.