In gksu-polkit before 0.0.3, the source file for xauth may...

9.8 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

In gksu-polkit before 0.0.3, the source file for xauth may contain arbitrary commands that may allow an attacker to overtake an administrator X11 session.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

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Credits & Attribution

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CVE-2012-5617

gksu-polkit: permissive PolicyKit policy configuration file allows privilege escalation...

High 7.8

Affected Vendor

gksu-polkit

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Affected Software

gksu-polkit

Vulnerable Versions:

before 0.0.3

Timeline

Official Publish: November 15th, 2019

Last Modified: August 6th, 2024

Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.