CVE-2018-14665
Xorg X11 Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
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.
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Published Date :
Oct. 25, 2018, 8:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 22, 2019, 11:15 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
0.7
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2018-14665 has a 33 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2018-14665
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2018-14665.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2018-14665 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2018-14665 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 12, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155276/Xorg-X11-Server-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 22, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154942/Xorg-X11-Server-SUID-modulepath-Privilege-Escalation.html [No Types Assigned] -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-264 CWE-863 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 24, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105741 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105741 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3802-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3802-1/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4328 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4328 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14665 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14665 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-09 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-09 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.securepatterns.com/2018/10/cve-2018-14665-xorg-x-server.html No Types Assigned https://www.securepatterns.com/2018/10/cve-2018-14665-xorg-x-server.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-October/002927.html No Types Assigned https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-October/002927.html Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/50c0cf885a6e91c0ea71fb49fa8f1b7c86fe330e No Types Assigned https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/50c0cf885a6e91c0ea71fb49fa8f1b7c86fe330e Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041948 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041948 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45922/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45922/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45832/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45832/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45697/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45697/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45742/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45742/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/8a59e3b7dbb30532a7c3769c555e00d7c4301170 No Types Assigned https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/8a59e3b7dbb30532a7c3769c555e00d7c4301170 Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46142/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46142/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45938/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45938/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45908/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45908/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3410 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3410 Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-264 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:x.org:xorg-server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.20.3 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 15, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46142/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 05, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45938/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 01, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45922/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45908/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 15, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45832/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 01, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.securepatterns.com/2018/10/cve-2018-14665-xorg-x-server.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/50c0cf885a6e91c0ea71fb49fa8f1b7c86fe330e [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 01, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45742/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 31, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-09 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3410 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 29, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45697/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3802-1/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105741 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 26, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4328 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041948 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-14665 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-14665
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
4.11 }} 0.68%
score
0.92186
percentile