CVE-2011-2504

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2011-06-29
CWE:
CWE-829
Bugzilla:
717672: CVE-2011-2504 x11perfcomp has dot in its path

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Untrusted search path vulnerability in x11perfcomp in XFree86 x11perf before 1.5.4 allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified Trojan horse code in the current working directory.

Find out more about CVE-2011-2504 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 3.5
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (xorg-x11-apps) RHSA-2013:0502 2013-02-20

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 xorg-x11-apps Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 xorg-x11 Will not fix

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