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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.68% · top 47% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• UNKNOWN_TYPE
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)Other CVEs with CWE-20

Affected products

• ktsuss · ktsuss

  • affected 1.4 and prior

References (7)

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2922 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2922 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/cve/CVE-2011-2922 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49151 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://lwn.net/Articles/477678/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-LINUX-KTSUSS-174466 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/109154/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-201201-15.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2011-2922](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2011-2922.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2011-2922)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 23:15 UTC.