CVE-2018-14665
65Vexday Risk Score
Patch now. It exploitation observed by VulnCheck and has a working public exploit.
ssvc Actepss 27%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDOct 25
1st PoCJul 12
metasploitOct 25
VulnCheck+707d
exploitation probability
27%top 2% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
yesVulnCheck
21 public exploit(s)
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.
Affected products
n/a · n/apublic PoCs found — 21✓ VexDay Proof
exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/47701exploitdb✓ VexDay Proofwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/45908exploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/45938unverifiedexploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/45742unverifiedexploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/45832unverifiedexploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/46142unverifiedexploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/45922unverifiedexploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/45697unverifiedgithubgithub.com/jas502n/CVE-2018-14665★ 17githubgithub.com/bolonobolo/CVE-2018-14665★ 0cve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/46142/unverifiedcve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/45922/unverifiedcve_referencepacketstormsecurity.com/files/155276/Xorg-X11-Server-Local-Privilege-Escalation.htmlunverifiedcve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/45697/unverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/aab96d127c7bunverifiedvulncheckvulncheck.com/xdb/b8a62e91d313unverifiedcve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/45742/unverifiedcve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/45832/unverifiedcve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/45908/unverifiedcve_referencepacketstormsecurity.com/files/154942/Xorg-X11-Server-SUID-modulepath-Privilege-Escalation.htmlunverifiedcve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/45938/unverified⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
References
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154942/Xorg-X11-Server-SUID-modulepath-Privilege-Escalation.htmlhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155276/Xorg-X11-Server-Local-Privilege-Escalation.htmlhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3410https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14665https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/50c0cf885a6e91c0ea71fb49fa8f1b7c86fe330ehttps://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/8a59e3b7dbb30532a7c3769c555e00d7c4301170https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-October/002927.htmlhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-09https://usn.ubuntu.com/3802-1/https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4328https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45697/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45742/