CVE-2008-0162 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE Reference: CVE-2008-0162
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Description: misc.c in splitvt 1.6.6 and earlier does not drop group privileges before executing xprop, which allows local users to gain privileges.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: SAID Secunia Advisory: SA29064 Secunia Advisory: SA29080 Secunia Advisory: SA29190 GENTOO http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-05.xml DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1500 BID 27936

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