CVE-2018-14665
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14665
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-14665.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-14665
- Downstream
ALPINE (1)
BELL (1)
DEBIAN (1)
MGASA (1)
openSUSE (1)
RHSA (1)
UBUNTU (1)
- Related
- Published
- 2018-10-25T20:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-10-20T13:46:35Z
- Severity
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- 6.6 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server before 1.20.3. An incorrect permission check for -modulepath and -logfile options when starting Xorg. X server allows unprivileged users with the ability to log in to the system via physical console to escalate their privileges and run arbitrary code under root privileges.
- Database specific
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- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154942/Xorg-X11-Server-SUID-modulepath-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155276/Xorg-X11-Server-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105741
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041948
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3410
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-09
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3802-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4328
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14665
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/50c0cf885a6e91c0ea71fb49fa8f1b7c86fe330e
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/8a59e3b7dbb30532a7c3769c555e00d7c4301170
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-October/002927.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45697/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45742/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45832/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45908/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45922/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45938/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46142/
- https://www.securepatterns.com/2018/10/cve-2018-14665-xorg-x-server.html
Affected packages
Git / gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixedIntroducedLast AffectedFixedFixed
- Database specific
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Show details
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Database specific
source
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