CVE-2011-0703

CRITICAL

gksu-polkit < 0.0.3 - Arbitrary Command Execution via xauth Source File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In gksu-polkit before 0.0.3, the source file for xauth may contain arbitrary commands that may allow an attacker to overtake an administrator X11 session.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-0703

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0127
EPSS Percentile 66.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 6.0
gksu-polkit_project/gksu-polkit < 0.0.3
Published Nov 15, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026