DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2777

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2777

    Published: 29 Aug 2012Last Modified: 11 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2011-2777

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2777

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: acpid

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/acpid?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:2.0.14-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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