CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-0162
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-02-22
- 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
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
misc.c in splitvt 1.6.6 and earlier does not drop group privileges before executing xprop, which allows local users to gain privileges.
Affected configurations
• sam lantinga splitvt (<= 1.6.6)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-250 Execution with Unnecessary Privileges weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29064 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29080 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29190 secunia.com
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-05.xml security.gentoo.org
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1500 Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27936 www.securityfocus.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29064 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29080 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29190 secunia.com
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-05.xml security.gentoo.org
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1500 Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27936 www.securityfocus.com