CVE-2008-0162 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in splitvt versions 1.6.6 and earlier, affecting Debian Linux distributions. The flaw stems from misc.c failing to drop group privileges before executing xprop, allowing a local attacker to gain elevated permissions. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.6.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sam_lantinga:splitvt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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