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CVE-2015-0856

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Date: November 24, 2015

daemon/Greeter.cpp in sddm before 0.13.0 does not properly disable the KDE crash handler, which allows local users to gain privileges by crashing a greeter when using certain themes, as demonstrated by the plasma-workspace breeze theme.

Language: C++

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Related Resources (8)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0856
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/14/2
https://github.com/sddm/sddm/commit/4cfed6b0a625593fb43876f04badc4dd99799d86
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171443.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-0856
https://github.com/sddm/sddm/wiki/0.13.0-Release-Announcement
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77099
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-0856

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

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CVSS v3.1

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

CVSS v2

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