CVE-2010-4664
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 13, 2019 at 09:43 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:25 PM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxEnterprise LinuxConsolekit
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
In ConsoleKit before 0.4.2, an intended security policy restriction bypass was found. This flaw allows an authenticated system user to escalate their privileges by initiating a remote VNC session.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 0.4.2
Affected range stops below 0.4.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 0.4.2
Affected range stops below 0.4.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-4664x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4664x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4664CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269
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