CVE-2010-4708: Linux-Pam

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The pam_env module in Linux-PAM (aka pam) 1.1.2 and earlier reads the .pam_environment file in a user's home directory, which might allow local users to run programs with an unintended environment by executing a program that relies on the pam_env PAM check.

Affected products

• Linux-Pam Linux-Pam: up to and including 1.1.2; version 0.99.1.0 only; version 0.99.2.0 only; version 0.99.2.1 only; version 0.99.3.0 only; version 0.99.4.0 only; …

Published 2011-01-24. Last modified 2026-06-16.