CVE-2011-2922 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

ktsuss versions 1.4 and prior spawns the GTK interface to run as root. This can allow a local attacker to escalate privileges to root and use the "GTK_MODULES" environment variable to possibly execute arbitrary code.

Published: 2019-11-19

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

ktsuss

ktsuss

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.4 and prior`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ktsuss_project:ktsuss:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-2895	ktsuss versions 1.4 and prior spawns the GTK interface to run as root. This can allow a local attacker to escalate privileges to root and use the "GTK_MODULES" environment variable to possibly execute arbitrary code.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00148.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2922
https://lwn.net/Articles/477678/
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/109154/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-201201-15.html
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/cve/CVE-2011-2922
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2922
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-LINUX-KTSUSS-174466
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49151

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Ktsuss Project Ktsuss

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2019-11-19T18:08:30.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:15:32.119Z

Reserved: 2011-07-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-2922

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-11-19T19:15:14.783

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:29:17.037

Link: CVE-2011-2922

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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