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SplitVT "xprop" Privilege Escalation Security Issue
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA29080
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Release Date:
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2008-02-22
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Popularity:
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3,530 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | SplitVT 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-0162
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Description:
A security issue has been reported in SplitVT, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The security issue is caused due to the program maintaining group privileges while executing the "xprop" utility. This can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain "utmp" group privileges.
The security issue is reported in versions 1.6.5 and 1.6.6. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Restrict local access to trusted users only.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Debian credits Mike Ashton.
Original Advisory:
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1500
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