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Case File

CVE-2011-2922

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.68% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-11-19 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

External Security References
packetstormsecurity.com ↗ packetstormsecurity.com ↗

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CVE
CVE-2011-2922
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.68%

Original Filing — NVD Description

ktsuss versions 1.4 and prior spawns the GTK interface to run as root. This can allow a local attacker to escalate privileges to root and use the "GTK_MODULES" environment variable to possibly execute arbitrary code.