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CVE-2015-0856 Detail

Current Description

daemon/Greeter.cpp in sddm before 0.13.0 does not properly disable the KDE crash handler, which allows local users to gain privileges by crashing a greeter when using certain themes, as demonstrated by the plasma-workspace breeze theme.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171443.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/14/2 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77099 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://github.com/sddm/sddm/commit/4cfed6b0a625593fb43876f04badc4dd99799d86 Vendor Advisory 
https://github.com/sddm/sddm/wiki/0.13.0-Release-Announcement Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-0856
NVD Published Date:
11/24/2015
NVD Last Modified:
11/17/2016
Source:
Debian GNU/Linux