CVE-2011-4613 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting X.Org X wrapper in Debian and Ubuntu Linux distributions. An attacker can bypass access restrictions by manipulating stdin to be misinterpreted as the console TTY, leading to potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (medium severity), this vulnerability requires local access and low attack complexity. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking significant community discussion, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-18040) exists, indicating public exploit code availability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:x.org:x_server:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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