How severe is CVE-2011-4120?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of CRITICAL with a CVSS score of 9.8 out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2011-4120?

This is classified as CWE-20, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2011-4120

CRITICAL Year: 2011

CVSS v3 Score

9.8

Critical

CVSS v2 Score

7.5

High

Weakness Type

CWE-20

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Vulnerability Description

Yubico PAM Module before 2.10 performed user authentication when 'use_first_pass' PAM configuration option was not used and the module was configured as 'sufficient' in the PAM configuration. A remote attacker could use this flaw to circumvent common authentication process and obtain access to the account in question by providing a NULL value (pressing Ctrl-D keyboard sequence) as the password string.

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CRITICAL

CVSS:9.8(Critical)

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CWE-202002

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CRITICAL

CVSS:9.8(Critical)

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CWE-202009

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CRITICAL

CVSS:9.8(Critical)

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CWE-202009

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CRITICAL

CVSS:9.8(Critical)

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CWE-202010