Access Restriction Bypass Affecting splitvt package, versions <1.6.6-4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-SPLITVT-289975
  • published22 Feb 2008
  • disclosed22 Feb 2008

Introduced: 22 Feb 2008

CVE-2008-0162  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 splitvt to version 1.6.6-4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream splitvt package and not the splitvt package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

misc.c in splitvt 1.6.6 and earlier does not drop group privileges before executing xprop, which allows local users to gain privileges.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1