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cve[email protected]CVE-2015-0856
HistoryNov 24, 2015 - 8:59 p.m.

CVE-2015-0856

2015-11-2420:59:00
CWE-264
web.nvd.nist.gov
23
sddm
daemon
local privilege escalation
cve-2015-0856
security vulnerability
nvd

4.6 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

daemon/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.

Affected configurations

NVD
Node
fedoraprojectfedoraMatch22
Node
sddm_projectsddmRange0.12.0

4.6 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%