Vulnerability CVE-2010-4664
Published: 2019-11-13   Modified: 2019-11-14

Description:
In ConsoleKit before 0.4.2, an intended security policy restriction bypass was found. This flaw allows an authenticated system user to escalate their privileges by initiating a remote VNC session.

Type:

CWE-269

 (Improper Privilege Management)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.5/10
6.4/10
8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Redhat -> Enterprise linux 
Debian -> Debian linux 
Consolekit project -> Consolekit 

 References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-4664
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4664
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4664
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