CVE-2011-4406

CVE-2011-4406 is a none vulnerability published on April 16, 2014. The Ubuntu AccountsService package before 0.6.14-1git1ubuntu1.1 does not properly drop privileges when changing language settings, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

CVE-2011-4406 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 16, 2014, with the most recent update on May 6, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

CVE-2011-4406 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 16.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2011-4406, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.