VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-2922
This can allow a local attacker to escalate privileges to root and use the "GTK_MODULES" environment variable to possibly execute arbitrary code.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.68%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.68%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.68% probability · 51th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- ktsuss project/ktsuss
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2922Broken Link
- https://lwn.net/Articles/477678/Third Party Advisory
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/109154/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-201201-15.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/cve/CVE-2011-2922Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2922Third Party Advisory
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-LINUX-KTSUSS-174466Third Party Advisory
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49151Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2922Broken Link
- https://lwn.net/Articles/477678/Third Party Advisory
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/109154/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-201201-15.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/cve/CVE-2011-2922Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2922Third Party Advisory
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-LINUX-KTSUSS-174466Third Party Advisory
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49151Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.