CVE-2011-2922
7.2 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.1 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.9%
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.
Affected configurations
References
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2922
lwn.net/Articles/477678/
packetstormsecurity.com/files/109154/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-201201-15.html
packetstormsecurity.com/files/cve/CVE-2011-2922
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2922
snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-LINUX-KTSUSS-174466
www.securityfocus.com/bid/49151
Related
7.2 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.1 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.9%