Description
daemon/Greeter.cpp in sddm before 0.13.0 does not properly disable the KDE crash handler, which allows local users to gain privileges by crashing a greeter when using certain themes, as demonstrated by the plasma-workspace breeze theme.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2015-0867 | daemon/Greeter.cpp in sddm before 0.13.0 does not properly disable the KDE crash handler, which allows local users to gain privileges by crashing a greeter when using certain themes, as demonstrated by the plasma-workspace breeze theme. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: debian
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T04:26:11.232Z
Reserved: 2015-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2015-0856
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Status : Modified
Published: 2015-11-24T20:59:00.120
Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220
Link: CVE-2015-0856
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD