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CVE-2005-3257

CVE-2005-3257

23Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Attendepss 1.1%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDOct 18
1st PoCOct 17
exploitation probability
1.1%top 38% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
The VT implementation (vt_ioctl.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.12, and possibly other versions including 2.6.14.4, allows local users to use the KDSKBSENT ioctl on terminals of other users and gain privileges, as demonstrated by modifying key bindings using loadkeys.
Affected products
n/a · n/a
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