CVE-2019-3842
In systemd before v242-rc4, it was discovered that pam_systemd does not properly sanitize the environment before using the XDG_SEAT variable. It is possible for an attacker, in …
Published: 2019-04-09 · CVSS: 4.5 · CVSS 3.0
In systemd before v242-rc4, it was discovered that pam_systemd does not properly sanitize the environment before using the XDG_SEAT variable. It is possible for an attacker, in some particular configurations, to set a XDG_SEAT environment variable which allows for commands to be checked against polkit policies using the "allow_active" element rather than "allow_any".
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7