VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2015-0856
CVSS score4.6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2015-11-24
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
Primary references
- security@debian.org — Third Party Advisory
- security@debian.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- security@debian.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- security@debian.org — Vendor Advisory
- security@debian.org — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory