CVE-2011-2922 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8