CVE-2008-0162

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-0162
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-02-22 21:44:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionmisc.c in splitvt 1.6.6 and earlier does not drop group privileges before executing xprop, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All alpha All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All amd64 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All arm All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All hppa All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All ia-32 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All ia-64 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All m68k All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All mips All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All mipsel All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All powerpc All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All s-390 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All sparc All
Application Sam Lantinga Splitvt All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA29064 - Debian update for splitvt - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for splitvt - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1500-1 splitvt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch
SplitVT "xprop" Privilege Escalation Security Issue - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SplitVT: Privilege escalation — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
SplitVT 'xprop' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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