PT-2018-3734 · X.Org Foundation · X-Window-System

Publicado 2018-12-20 · Atualizado 2018-12-20

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Média

Vetor base

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions X Window System (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to inadequate access control when transmitting window events initiated by graphical applications with low privileges to windows of applications with high privileges. This can be exploited by an attacker to elevate their privileges by sending specially crafted window events to windows of applications running with superuser rights.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Enumeração de Fraquezas

CWE-264

Identificadores relacionados

BDU:2021-04084

Produtos afetados

X-Window-System

Referências · 1

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2021-04084 · Nota de Segurança