CVE-2015-0856 (GCVE-0-2015-0856)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-11-24 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 04:26
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77099 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
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| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/14/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
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Date Public
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