CVE-2011-0703 describes a critical vulnerability in gksu-polkit versions prior to 0.0.3, affecting Debian Linux distributions. This flaw allows an attacker to inject arbitrary commands into the xauth source file, potentially leading to a complete compromise of an administrator's X11 session. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, granting full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gksu-polkit_project:gksu-polkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.