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CVE-2018-14665

Date: October 25, 2018

A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server before 1.20.3. An incorrect permission check for -modulepath and -logfile options when starting Xorg. X server allows unprivileged users with the ability to log in to the system via physical console to escalate their privileges and run arbitrary code under root privileges.

Language: C

Severity Score

6.6

Related Resources (26)

Url: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154942/Xorg-X11-Server-SUID-modulepath-Privilege-Escalation.html

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3802-1/

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4328

Url: https://www.securepatterns.com/2018/10/cve-2018-14665-xorg-x-server.html

Url: https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-October/002927.html

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-14665

Url: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/50c0cf885a6e91c0ea71fb49fa8f1b7c86fe330e

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45922/

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-14665

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45742/

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45697/

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45938/

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45908/

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3410

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14665

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105741

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14665

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-09

Url: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155276/Xorg-X11-Server-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-14665

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14665

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041948

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45832/

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46142/

Url: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/8a59e3b7dbb30532a7c3769c555e00d7c4301170

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-14665

Severity Score

6.6

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

Incorrect Authorization

CWE-863

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.6
Attack Vector (AV):	PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2018-14665

Date: October 25, 2018

Language: C

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