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CVE-2018-14665 Detail

Description

A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server before 1.20.3. An incorrect permission check for -modulepath and -logfile options when starting Xorg. X server allows unprivileged users with the ability to log in to the system via physical console to escalate their privileges and run arbitrary code under root privileges.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154942/Xorg-X11-Server-SUID-modulepath-Privilege-Escalation.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155276/Xorg-X11-Server-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105741 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041948 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3410 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14665 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/50c0cf885a6e91c0ea71fb49fa8f1b7c86fe330e CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/8a59e3b7dbb30532a7c3769c555e00d7c4301170 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-October/002927.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mitigation  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-09 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3802-1/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4328 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45697/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45742/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45832/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45908/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45922/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45938/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46142/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.securepatterns.com/2018/10/cve-2018-14665-xorg-x-server.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-14665
NVD Published Date:
10/25/2018
NVD Last Modified:
08/29/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.