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CVE-2008-0162

Date: February 22, 2008

misc.c in splitvt 1.6.6 and earlier does not drop group privileges before executing xprop, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Severity Score

8.4

Related Resources (9)

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-05.xml

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-0162

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1500

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29064

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0162

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29190

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29080

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27936

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-0162

Severity Score

8.4

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.4
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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