Vulnerability CVE-2016-2568


Published: 2017-02-13

Description:
pkexec, when used with --user nonpriv, allows local users to escape to the parent session via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, which pushes characters to the terminal's input buffer.

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.4/10
6.4/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Freedesktop -> Polkit 

 References:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/26/3
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300746

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