VDB
CVE-2011-2922
CVE-2011-2922
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH
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.
EPSS 0.68% · 51.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.68%
51.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| ktsuss | ktsuss | * |
| ktsuss_project | ktsuss | 0 |
Timeline
- Nov 19, 2019 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 30, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 31, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 23, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 15, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jun 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 26, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2922 url
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49151 url
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-LINUX-KTSUSS-174466 url
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2922 url
- https://lwn.net/Articles/477678/ url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2922 advisory
- https://lwn.net/Articles/477678 url
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/109154/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-201201-15.html advisory
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/cve/CVE-2011-2922 advisory