X.Org Server privilege escalation | CVE-2023-0494
NAME
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X.Org Server privilege escalation
Platforms Affected:
Risk Level:
7.8
Exploitability:
Unproven
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
DESCRIPTION
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X.Org Server could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a dangling pointer in DeepCopyPointerClasses. By using the ProcXkbSetDeviceInfo() and ProcXkbGetDeviceInfo() functions to read and write into freed memory, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges.
CVSS 3.0 Information
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Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged
Access Vector:
Local
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