SplitVT 'xprop' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:27936

Info

SplitVT 'xprop' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 27936
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2008-0162
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Feb 21 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 03 2008 10:12PM
Credit: Mike Ashton is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Sam Lantinga splitvt 1.6.6
Sam Lantinga splitvt 1.6.5
Sam Lantinga splitvt 1.6.4
Sam Lantinga splitvt 1.6.3
+ Debian Linux 2.1
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux 4.0 sparc
Debian Linux 4.0 s/390
Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 4.0 mips
Debian Linux 4.0 m68k
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 4.0 hppa
Debian Linux 4.0 arm
Debian Linux 4.0 amd64
Debian Linux 4.0 alpha
Debian Linux 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

SplitVT 'xprop' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

SplitVT is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to gain group 'utmp' privileges on affected computers.

Exploit / POC

SplitVT 'xprop' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

No specific exploit is required. An attacker with local interactive access to the affected computer can exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

SplitVT 'xprop' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
An advisory and updates are available to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.

References

SplitVT 'xprop' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:

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