CVE-2011-1946 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain elevated privileges by exploiting a logic error in gnomesu-pam-backend that ignores setuid/setgid failures.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2011-1946?
CVE-2011-1946 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Jul 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
gnomesu-pam-backend in libgnomesu 1.0.0 prints an error message but proceeds with the non-error code path upon failure of the setgid or setuid function, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to two unprivileged user accounts, and running many processes under one of these accounts.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1946?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (1)
libgnomesu openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 2.0.0-2.3 |
Products include Hongli Lai Libgnomesu.
How do I fix CVE-2011-1946?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2011-1946 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1946 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vqmh-h9f4-cvv4, openSUSE-SU-2024:10076-1.