CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-14665
6.6 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-10-25
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.6 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863
Description
A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server before 1.20.3. An incorrect permission check for -modulepath and -logfile options when starting Xorg. X server allows unprivileged users with the ability to log in to the system via physical console to escalate their privileges and run arbitrary code under root privileges.
Affected configurations
• x.org x server (< 1.20.3)
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.10
• debian debian linux 9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154942/Xorg-X11-Server-SUID-modulepath-Privilege-Escalation.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155276/Xorg-X11-Server-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105741 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041948 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3410 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14665 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/50c0cf885a6e91c0ea71fb49fa8f1b7c86fe330e Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/8a59e3b7dbb30532a7c3769c555e00d7c4301170 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-October/002927.html Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-09 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3802-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4328 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45697/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45742/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45832/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45908/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45922/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45938/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46142/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.securepatterns.com/2018/10/cve-2018-14665-xorg-x-server.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154942/Xorg-X11-Server-SUID-modulepath-Privilege-Escalation.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155276/Xorg-X11-Server-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105741 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041948 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3410 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14665 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/50c0cf885a6e91c0ea71fb49fa8f1b7c86fe330e Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/8a59e3b7dbb30532a7c3769c555e00d7c4301170 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-October/002927.html Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-09 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3802-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4328 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45697/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45742/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45832/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45908/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45922/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45938/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46142/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.securepatterns.com/2018/10/cve-2018-14665-xorg-x-server.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory