CVE-2018-14665
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 27.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.6 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-10-25 20:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 09:38Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-07-27
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 75475d11e77090bd8bf3813b6a1821019515323e0705cbaa197c59515cdb94bc
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.exploit-db.com45742https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45742/
- lists.x.org[xorg-announce] 20181025 X.Org security advisory: October 25, 2018https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2018-October/002927.html
- www.exploit-db.com45922https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45922/
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3802-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3802-1/
- gitlab.freedesktop.orghttps://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/50c0cf885a6e91c0ea71fb49fa8f1b7c86fe330e
- www.exploit-db.com45697https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45697/
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3410https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3410
- www.securityfocus.com105741http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105741
- www.exploit-db.com45908https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45908/
- www.securepatterns.comhttps://www.securepatterns.com/2018/10/cve-2018-14665-xorg-x-server.html
- www.exploit-db.com46142https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46142/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201810-09https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-09
- www.securitytracker.com1041948http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041948
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14665
- www.exploit-db.com45832https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45832/
- gitlab.freedesktop.orghttps://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/commit/8a59e3b7dbb30532a7c3769c555e00d7c4301170
- www.exploit-db.com45938https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45938/
- www.debian.orgDSA-4328https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4328
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154942/Xorg-X11-Server-SUID-modulepath-Privilege-Escalation.html
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155276/Xorg-X11-Server-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- xorg-server Fixed in 1.20.3-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- xorg-server Fixed in 2:1.20.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xorg-server Fixed in 2:1.20.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xorg-server Fixed in 2:1.20.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- xorg-server-hwe-16.04 Fixed in 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.1~16.04.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- xorg-server Fixed in 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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