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CVE-2006-2916

CVE information

Published

17 years ago

Last Modified

3 months ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

CVSSv3.1 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

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Description

artswrapper in aRts, when running setuid root on Linux 2.6.0 or later versions, does not check the return value of the setuid function call, which allows local users to gain root privileges by causing setuid to fail, which prevents artsd from dropping privileges..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
6/10
Exploit Score
1.5/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication Required
Single
Impact Score
10/10
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
Complete

CVSSv3.1 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
7.8/10
Exploit Score
1.8/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
Impact Score
5.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
High
Availability Impact
High
Integrity Impact
High
Scope
Unchanged
User Interaction
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:kde:arts:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
-
cpe:2.3:a:kde:arts:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
-
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  No
2.6.0 -

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