WID-SEC-W-2023-1966

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X.Org X11: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Privilegieneskalation

view advisory published 2020-11-10

Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in X.Org X11 ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.

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Related CVEs.

IDseverity exploitable
CVE-2020-25697UShigh7.0OT elevated—
A privilege escalation flaw was found in the Xorg-x11-server due to a lack of authentication for X11 clients. This flaw allows an attacker to take control of an X application by im…
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