In systemd before v242-rc4, it was discovered that pam_systemd does not properly sanitize the environment before using the XDG_SEAT variable. It is possible for an attacker, in some particular configurations, to set a XDG_SEAT environment variable which allows for commands to be checked against polkit policies using the "allow_active" element rather than "allow_any".
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2019-04-09T20:25:01.000Z

Updated: 2025-06-09T15:47:28.243Z

Reserved: 2019-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-3842

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T19:19:18.556Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-04-09T21:29:03.443

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:42:40.903

Link: CVE-2019-3842

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2019-04-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-3842 - Bugzilla