Description
A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server before 1.20.3. An incorrect permission check for -modulepath and -logfile options when starting Xorg. X server allows unprivileged users with the ability to log in to the system via physical console to escalate their privileges and run arbitrary code under root privileges.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45742/ ↗
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-October/002927.html ↗
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45922/ ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3802-1/ ↗
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/50c0cf885a6e91c0ea71fb49fa8f1b7c86fe330e ↗
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45697/ ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3410 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105741 ↗
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45908/ ↗
- https://www.securepatterns.com/2018/10/cve-2018-14665-xorg-x-server.html ↗
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46142/ ↗
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-09 ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041948 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14665 ↗
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45832/ ↗
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/8a59e3b7dbb30532a7c3769c555e00d7c4301170 ↗
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45938/ ↗
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4328 ↗
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154942/Xorg-X11-Server-SUID-modulepath-Privilege-Escalation.html ↗
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155276/Xorg-X11-Server-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html ↗