CVE - CVE-2011-2922

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-2922	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2922 MISC:https://lwn.net/Articles/477678/ MISC:https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/109154/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-201201-15.html MISC:https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/cve/CVE-2011-2922 MISC:https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2922 MISC:https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-LINUX-KTSUSS-174466 MISC:https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49151
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20110727	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20110727)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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