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Powersave Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA18651
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Release Date:
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2006-02-02
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Last Update:
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2006-02-14
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Popularity:
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4,955 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Powersave 0.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Powersave, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the daemon within the handling of a powersave action string sent by a client. This can be exploited by local users to gain escalated privileges.
Successful exploitation requires that the root user has started a X-session on the affected system.
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