Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 19, 2019· Updated Aug 6, 2024
CVE-2011-2922
CVE-2011-2922
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.
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References
7- access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2922mitrex_refsource_MISC
- lwn.net/Articles/477678/mitrex_refsource_MISC
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/109154/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-201201-15.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/cve/CVE-2011-2922mitrex_refsource_MISC
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2922mitrex_refsource_MISC
- snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-LINUX-KTSUSS-174466mitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/49151mitrex_refsource_MISC
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