CVE-2012-1166 describes a critical vulnerability in the LTSP Display Manager (ldm) versions 2.2.x before 2.2.7, affecting Canonical's LTSP Display Manager and Ubuntu Linux. The flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands due to insecure default keybindings in the wwm window manager, specifically the KP_RETURN key which launches a terminal. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
2.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:ltsp_display_manager:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:ltsp_display_manager:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:ltsp_display_manager:2.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.