CVE-2011-2777

N/A

Description

samples/powerbtn/powerbtn.sh in acpid (aka acpid2) 2.0.16 and earlier uses the pidof program incorrectly, which allows local users to gain privileges by running a program with the name kded4 and a DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS environment variable containing commands.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published8/29/2012

Last Modified4/29/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

tedfelix:acpid2

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpid/+bug/893821(cve@mitre.org)

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpid/+bug/893821(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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