In ConsoleKit before 0.4.2, an intended security policy restriction bypass was found. This flaw allows an authenticated system user to escalate their privileges by initiating a remote VNC session.
Weakness
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consolekit | Consolekit_project | * | 0.4.2 (excluding) |
| Consolekit | Ubuntu | artful | * |
| Consolekit | Ubuntu | esm-apps/xenial | * |
| Consolekit | Ubuntu | esm-infra-legacy/trusty | * |
| Consolekit | Ubuntu | hardy | * |
| Consolekit | Ubuntu | lucid | * |
| Consolekit | Ubuntu | maverick | * |
| Consolekit | Ubuntu | natty | * |
| Consolekit | Ubuntu | oneiric | * |
| Consolekit | Ubuntu | precise | * |
| Consolekit | Ubuntu | precise/esm | * |
| Consolekit | Ubuntu | quantal | * |
| Consolekit | Ubuntu | raring | * |
| Consolekit | Ubuntu | saucy | * |
| Consolekit | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Consolekit | Ubuntu | trusty/esm | * |
| Consolekit | Ubuntu | utopic | * |
| Consolekit | Ubuntu | vivid | * |
| Consolekit | Ubuntu | vivid/stable-phone-overlay | * |
| Consolekit | Ubuntu | vivid/ubuntu-core | * |
| Consolekit | Ubuntu | wily | * |
| Consolekit | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
| Consolekit | Ubuntu | yakkety | * |
| Consolekit | Ubuntu | zesty | * |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/122.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/233.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/58.html
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-4664
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4664
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4664
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-4664
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4664
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4664