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Pam Extern

First CVE: Nov 3, 2006Active for: 20 yearsTotal CVEs: 1

Pam Extern is a niche pluggable authentication module that extends system authentication capabilities through external mechanisms. The observed vulnerability exposure centers on the module itself with limited structural classification detail in current records; live severity, exploitation, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.

FAUCET AI Generated
1
Total CVEs
Bottom 1%
1.0
Avg CVEs / Product / Year
More Avg CVEs / Product / Year than 12% of tracked vendors
2.1
Avg CVSS Score
Bottom 1%
0.0%
In CISA KEV
Bottom 1%

Trends Over Time

The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Pam Extern over time

Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Nov 3, 2006
19 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Nov 3, 2006
7,203 days ago

Products(1 total)

Top CVEs

Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (1 CVEs).

1 CVEs · Highest risk first

CVEPublishedCVSSRiskKEVExploit
CVE-2006-5659LOW
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 pro
Nov 3, 20062.111NONO
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CVE Severity & Scoring

Severity distribution of CVEs that affect this vendor's products1 CVEs
100%
Severity distribution among all CVEs352,231 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
Low
Attack Vector
Local0 (0.0%)
Network0 (0.0%)
Unknown1 (100.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown1 (100.0%)
User Interaction
None0 (0.0%)
Unknown1 (100.0%)
Required0 (0.0%)
Privileges Required
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
None0 (0.0%)
Unknown1 (100.0%)

Exploit Exposure

Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (1 CVEs).

CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%

Social Chatter

An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Pam Extern.

Media Mentions

Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Pam Extern — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.

Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Pam Extern's Products

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