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CVE-2020-36394 (GCVE-0-2020-36394)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-22 20:43 – Updated: 2024-08-04 17:23

Summary

pam_setquota.c in the pam_setquota module before 2020-05-29 for Linux-PAM allows local attackers to set their quota on an arbitrary filesystem, in certain situations where the attacker's home directory is a FUSE filesystem mounted under /home.

Severity

7.0 (High)


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

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q2/169	x_refsource_MISC

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FKIE_CVE-2020-36394

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-06-22 21:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:15

Severity

7.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
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	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q2/169	Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	pam_setquota_project	pam_setquota	*

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GHSA-M5Q3-RR63-CF6F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:05 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:05

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GSD-2020-36394

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21

Details

Aliases

CVE-2020-36394

Aliases

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            "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
            "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
            "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
            "scope": "UNCHANGED",
            "userInteraction": "NONE",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
            "version": "3.1"
          },
          "exploitabilityScore": 1.0,
          "impactScore": 5.9
        }
      },
      "lastModifiedDate": "2021-06-29T19:25Z",
      "publishedDate": "2021-06-22T21:15Z"
    }
  }
}

ubuntu-cve-2020-36394

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2021-06-22 21:15

Modified

2025-07-16 04:56

Summary

Details

Severity

7.0 (High)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-36394	REPORT
	https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q2/169	REPORT
	https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/commit/27d…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36394	REPORT

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libpam-cracklib",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-11ubuntu2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpam-cracklib-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-11ubuntu2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpam-doc",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-11ubuntu2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpam-modules",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-11ubuntu2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpam-modules-bin",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-11ubuntu2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpam-modules-bin-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-11ubuntu2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpam-modules-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-11ubuntu2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpam-runtime",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-11ubuntu2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpam0g",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-11ubuntu2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpam0g-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-11ubuntu2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpam0g-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-11ubuntu2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
        "name": "pam",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/pam@1.4.0-11ubuntu2?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.4.0-11ubuntu2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.3.1-5ubuntu11",
        "1.4.0-10ubuntu1",
        "1.4.0-10ubuntu2",
        "1.4.0-11ubuntu1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "pam_setquota.c in the pam_setquota module before 2020-05-29 for Linux-PAM allows local attackers to set their quota on an arbitrary filesystem, in certain situations where the attacker\u0027s home directory is a FUSE filesystem mounted under /home.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36394",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:56:25Z",
  "published": "2021-06-22T21:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-36394"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q2/169"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/commit/27ded8954a1235bb65ffc9c730ae5a50b1dfed61"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36394"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2020-36394"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:46:17Z"
}

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
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Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Action not permitted

CVE-2020-36394 (GCVE-0-2020-36394)

FKIE_CVE-2020-36394

GHSA-M5Q3-RR63-CF6F

GSD-2020-36394

ubuntu-cve-2020-36394

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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