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Status published
Medium
CVE-2015-0856
daemon/Greeter.cpp in sddm before 0.13.0 does not properly disable the...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77099
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171443.html
- https://github.com/sddm/sddm/wiki/0.13.0-Release-Announcement
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/14/2
- https://github.com/sddm/sddm/commit/4cfed6b0a625593fb43876f04badc4dd99799d86
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
22, 0
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 24th, 2015
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.