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CVE-2002-1472

Published: Mar 03, 2003 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1472
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
X11r6Xfree86_project4.1.0 (including)4.1.0 (including)
X11r6Xfree86_project4.2.0 (including)4.2.0 (including)
Red Hat Linux 7.3RedHat*
Red Hat Linux 8.0RedHat*

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