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CVE-2011-2777

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
29/08/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

samples/powerbtn/powerbtn.sh in acpid (aka acpid2) 2.0.16 and earlier uses the pidof program incorrectly, which allows local users to gain privileges by running a program with the name kded4 and a DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable containing commands.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.40 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.40
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.0.16 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid2:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid2:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid2:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid2:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid2:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid2:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid2:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid2:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid2:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid2:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid2:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid2:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid2:2.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tedfelix:acpid2:2.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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