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CVE-2011-5054

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-5054 describes a vulnerability in kde kcheckpass where a user-supplied argument to the pam_start function can invoke any configured PAM stack, potentially leading to unintended side effects. With a CVSS score of 6.9 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), this local vulnerability has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though the vendor suggests privilege escalation may be "a bit far-fetched." There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kcheckpass:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.9MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
25.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0033 is in the 27th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

c-skills.blogspot.com / 2011/11/openpam-trickery.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/12/07/3
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/12/08/9
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/12/23/8
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/12/27/1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/12/27/3
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/12/28/5
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/01/02/10
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/01/02/11
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/72230