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CVE-2011-2922 Details

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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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2922 CVEBroken Link
https://lwn.net/Articles/477678/ CVEThird Party Advisory
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/109154/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-201201-15.html CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/cve/CVE-2011-2922 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2922 CVEThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
ktsuss project ktsuss
<= 1.4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:ktsuss_project:ktsuss:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-2922
NVD Published Date:
Nov 19, 2019
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2011-2922 Details - Not Deferred