Security Advisory

CVE-2018-14665

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2018-10-25 20:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-05 09:38:13
Assigner redhat
State PUBLISHED

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.