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.
Published: 2019-11-19
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-2895 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.
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Ktsuss Project Ktsuss
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:15:32.119Z

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

Link: CVE-2011-2922

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-11-19T19:15:14.783

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:29:17.037

Link: CVE-2011-2922

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