CVE-2011-2921 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

ktsuss versions 1.4 and prior has the uid set to root and does not drop privileges prior to executing user specified commands, which can result in command execution with root privileges.

Published: 2019-11-19

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 73.0% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

ktsuss

ktsuss

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.4 and prior`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ktsuss_project:ktsuss:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.72976.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154307/ktsuss-Suid-Privilege-Escalation.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2921
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2921

History

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Ktsuss Project Ktsuss

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2019-11-19T16:57:33.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:15:31.972Z

Reserved: 2011-07-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-2921

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-11-19T17:15:10.987

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:29:16.920

Link: CVE-2011-2921

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-273

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