High severity · published Nov 13, 2019
CVE-2010-4664
In ConsoleKit before 0.4.2, an intended security policy restriction bypass was found
8.8
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 68% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CO
Consolekit · Consolekit Project
before 0.4.2 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
6.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4664
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4664
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-4664
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4664
Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4664