CVE-2015-0856

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-0856
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-11-24 20:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptiondaemon/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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Application Sddm Project Sddm All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SDDM 'Greeter.cpp' Local Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Disable greeters from loading KDE's debug hander · sddm/sddm@4cfed6b · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Vendor Advisory
0.13.0 Release Announcement · sddm/sddm Wiki · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - CVE-2015-0856: sddm does not prevent access to the KDE crash handler af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: sddm-0.12.0-5.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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