S-200: splitvt Vulnerability


 
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Old 02-25-2008
S-200: splitvt Vulnerability

Splitvt, a utility to run two programs in a split screen, did not drop group privileges prior to executing 'xprop'. The risk is LOW. This could allow any local user to gain the privileges of group utmp.


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