CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-2921
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-11-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-273
Description
ktsuss versions 1.4 and prior has the uid set to root and does not drop privileges prior to executing user specified commands, which can result in command execution with root privileges.
Affected configurations
• ktsuss project ktsuss (<= 1.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-273 Improper Check for Dropped Privileges weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154307/ktsuss-Suid-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2921 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2921 Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154307/ktsuss-Suid-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2921 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2921 Third Party Advisory