CVE-2015-0856
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0856
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-0856.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-0856
- Downstream
- Related
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:13:44Z
- Published
- 2015-11-24T20:59:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-16T01:38:53Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
daemon/Greeter.cpp in sddm before 0.13.0 does not properly disable the KDE crash handler, which allows local users to gain privileges by crashing a greeter when using certain themes, as demonstrated by the plasma-workspace breeze theme.
- References
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- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171443.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/14/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77099
- https://github.com/sddm/sddm/commit/4cfed6b0a625593fb43876f04badc4dd99799d86
- https://github.com/sddm/sddm/wiki/0.13.0-Release-Announcement