CVE-2011-2922
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 19, 2019 at 06:08 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:32 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorKtsuss
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
Description
ktsuss versions 1.4 and prior spawns the GTK interface to run as root. This can allow a local attacker to escalate privileges to root and use the "GTK_MODULES" environment variable to possibly execute arbitrary code.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ktsuss· Ktsuss Projectdistro
95%v ≤ 1.4
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 (7)
x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2922x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/109154/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-201201-15.htmlx_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/cve/CVE-2011-2922x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2922x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-LINUX-KTSUSS-174466x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49151CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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