CVE-2011-2922

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2011-2922
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-11-19T19:15:14
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-11-21T15:28:40
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:ktsuss_project:ktsuss:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.4
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2922 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2922 Broken Link
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-LINUX-KTSUSS-174466 Third Party Advisory
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49151 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/109154/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-201201-15.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/cve/CVE-2011-2922 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lwn.net/Articles/477678/ Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2922
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2922
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:58:55 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 06:34:37 2019-11-19T19:15Z 2019-11-19T19:15:14 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 06:34:37 2019-11-21T15:28:40 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 06:34:37 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated