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CVE-2015-0856 Detail

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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  11/24/2015

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.6 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 3.9

Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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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

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

  • Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)

Change History

4 change records found - show changes

Quick Info

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