CWE Code: 20
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 7.2
CWE Name:  Improper Input Validation
Summary: 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.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2011-05-03
Last Modified Date: 2017-08-17