VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2011-2922

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.68%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-11-19
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

ktsuss versions 1.4 and prior spawns the GTK interface to run as root. This can allow a local attacker to escalate privileges to root and use the "GTK_MODULES" environment variable to possibly execute arbitrary code.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references