CVE-2002-1472 — Project X11r6 vulnerability

5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.2HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 82.79%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Xfree86 Project X11r6
Timeline
PublishedMar 3
Latest updateApr 30

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in libX11.so in xfree86, when used in setuid or setgid programs, allows local users to gain root privileges via a modified LD_PRELOAD environment variable that points to a malicious module.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDxfree86_project/x11r64.1.0, 4.2.0+1

Patches

Patch: archives.neohapsis.com ↗Patch: www.iss.net ↗Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-ch45-xvph-66gf: Untrusted search path vulnerability in libX11↗2022-04-30
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CVEList
CVE-2002-1472: Untrusted search path vulnerability in libX11↗2004-09-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
security flaw↗2002-09-18
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2002-1472 security flaw↗2018-08-16
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CVE-2002-1472 — Xfree86 Project X11r6 vulnerability | cvebase