CVE - CVE-2018-14665

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-14665	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server before 1.20.3. An incorrect permission check for -modulepath and -logfile options when starting Xorg. X server allows unprivileged users with the ability to log in to the system via physical console to escalate their privileges and run arbitrary code under root privileges.
References
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EXPLOIT-DB:45697 URL:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45697/ EXPLOIT-DB:45742 URL:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45742/ MLIST:[xorg-announce] 20181025 X.Org security advisory: October 25, 2018 URL:https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-October/002927.html MISC:https://www.securepatterns.com/2018/10/cve-2018-14665-xorg-x-server.html CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14665 CONFIRM:https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/8a59e3b7dbb30532a7c3769c555e00d7c4301170 CONFIRM:https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/50c0cf885a6e91c0ea71fb49fa8f1b7c86fe330e DEBIAN:DSA-4328 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4328 GENTOO:GLSA-201810-09 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-09 REDHAT:RHSA-2018:3410 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3410 UBUNTU:USN-3802-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3802-1/ BID:105741 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105741 SECTRACK:1041948 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041948
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Entry Created
20180727	Disclaimer: The entry 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 (20180727)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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