ktsuss versions 1.4 and prior spawns the GTK interface to... · CVE-2011-2922 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

ktsuss versions 1.4 and prior spawns the GTK interface to...

High severity Unreviewed Published Apr 22, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 3, 2024

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database

Nov 19, 2019

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 22, 2022

Last updated Apr 3, 2024

Severity

High

7.8

/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector

Local

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

Low

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H