CVE-2011-2922

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.8 High

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2019-11-19

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

• Ktsuss (Ktsuss)
• Ktsuss (Ktsuss Project)

References

• 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