CVE-2011-2922
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2011-2922 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2019-11-19 19:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2019-11-21 15:28:00 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-20
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Ktsuss Project | Ktsuss | All | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MISC | access.redhat.com | Broken Link |
| ktsuss: privilege escalation [LWN.net] | MISC | lwn.net | Third Party Advisory |
| CVE-2011-2922 ≈ Packet Storm | MISC | packetstormsecurity.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| CVE-2011-2922 | MISC | security-tracker.debian.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Invalid vulnerability | MISC | snyk.io | Third Party Advisory |
| ktsuss Local Security Bypass and Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerabilities | MISC | www.securityfocus.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201201-15 ≈ Packet Storm | MISC | packetstormsecurity.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.