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CVE-2006-5659

Status: ModifiedLow (2.1)—

PAM_extern before 0.2 sends a password as a command line argument, which allows local users to obtain the password by listing the command line arguments, such as ps. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

PAM Extern — PAM Extern

CWEs

References

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:31:37.557",
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