CVE-2001-0084 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the GTK+ library, specifically affecting GTK+ and GNOME. Local users can exploit this by manipulating the GTK_MODULES environmental variable, potentially gaining elevated privileges if a setuid/setgid program utilizes GTK+. This vulnerability carries a high severity CVSS score of 7.2, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code for arbitrary loadable module execution is publicly available via ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gtk:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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