CVEvulnerability
CVE-2001-0084
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2001-02-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
GTK+ library allows local users to specify arbitrary modules via the GTK_MODULES environmental variable, which could allow local users to gain privileges if GTK+ is used by a setuid/setgid program.
Affected configurations
• gnome gtk 1.2.8
Related
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-454 External Initialization of Trusted Variables or Data Stores weakness
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0498.html Exploit
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0027.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.gtk.org/setuid.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2165 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0498.html Exploit
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0027.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.gtk.org/setuid.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2165 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory