FKIE_CVE-2011-2777

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-08-29 22:55 - Updated: 2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpid/+bug/893821
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpid/+bug/893821
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
tedfelix acpid2 *
tedfelix acpid2 2.0.0
tedfelix acpid2 2.0.1
tedfelix acpid2 2.0.2
tedfelix acpid2 2.0.3
tedfelix acpid2 2.0.4
tedfelix acpid2 2.0.5
tedfelix acpid2 2.0.6
tedfelix acpid2 2.0.7
tedfelix acpid2 2.0.8
tedfelix acpid2 2.0.9
tedfelix acpid2 2.0.10
tedfelix acpid2 2.0.11
tedfelix acpid2 2.0.12
tedfelix acpid2 2.0.13
tedfelix acpid2 2.0.14
tedfelix acpid2 2.0.15
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