CVE-2002-1472 (GCVE-0-2002-1472)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2004-09-01 04:00
Modified
2024-08-08 03:26
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in libX11.so in xfree86, when used in setuid or setgid programs, allows local users to gain root privileges via a modified LD_PRELOAD environment variable that points to a malicious module.
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