Vulnerability CVE-2011-2922
Published: 2019-11-19   Modified: 2019-11-24

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.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Ktsuss project -> Ktsuss 

 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
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