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CVE-2002-1472

Published: Sep 1, 2004

Modified: Aug 8, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in libX11.so in xfree86, when used in setuid or setgid programs, allows local users to gain root privileges via a modified LD_PRELOAD environment variable that points to a malicious module.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

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affected
n/a

References

RHSA-2003:067
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
RHSA-2003:066
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
SuSE-SA:2002:032
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
5735
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
CLA-2002:529
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_CONECTIVA
11922
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB

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