PT-2008-1813 · Splitvt · Splitvt

Mike Ashton · Published 2008-02-22 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2008-0162

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions splitvt versions 1.6.6 and earlier

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges due to the failure of misc.c in splitvt to drop group privileges before executing xprop.

Recommendations For splitvt versions 1.6.6 and earlier, consider dropping group privileges manually before executing xprop as a temporary workaround. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-0162

DSA-1500-1

Affected Products

Splitvt

References · 10

• http://secunia.com/advisories/29064 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29080 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0162 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-0162 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0162 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-05.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0162 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1500 · Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29190 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/27936 · Note