CVE-2025-6018
A Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability has been discovered in pam-config within Linux Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM). This flaw allows an unprivileged local attacker (for example, a user logged in via SSH) to obtain the elevated privileges normally reserved for a physically present, "allow_active" user. The highest risk is that the attacker can then perform all allow_active yes Polkit actions, which are typically restricted to console users, potentially gaining unauthorized control over system configurations, services, or other sensitive operations.
Vendor
Product
CWE
Yayın Tarihi
2025-07-23 15:15:34
Güncelleme
2025-11-04 22:16:42
Source Identifier
secalert@redhat.com
KEV Date Added
-
Kategoriler
Referanslar
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6018
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372693
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243226
https://cdn2.qualys.com/2025/06/17/suse15-pam-udisks-lpe.txt
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/28/4
https://cdn2.qualys.com/2025/06/17/suse15-pam-udisks-lpe.txt