Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.1.3-5.11 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.1.3-5.11. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation results in Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2006-2933. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.1.3-5.11 (Operating System). Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

kdesktop_lock in kdebase before 3.1.3-5.11 for KDE in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 does not properly terminate, which can prevent the screensaver from activating or prevent users from manually locking the desktop.

The bug was discovered 07/25/2006. The weakness was released 07/27/2006 with Red Hat (Website). The advisory is shared for download at redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-2933 since 06/09/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22103 (CentOS 3 : kdebase (CESA-2006:0576)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117669 (CentOS Security Update for kdebase (CESA-2006:0576)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 1 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (31531), Tenable (22103), SecurityFocus (BID 19152†), OSVDB (28550†) and Secunia (SA21203†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 22103
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 : kdebase (CESA-2006:0576)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: redhat.com
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-2933 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2933
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31536

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X-Force: 31531
SecurityFocus: 19152 - KDE Desktop Screensaver Lock Activation Failure Vulnerability
Secunia: 21203 - Red Hat update for kdebase, Not Critical
OSVDB: 28550 - CVE-2006-2933 - KDE - Denial of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1016571
Vulnerability Center: 12421 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux kdebase Does Not Properly Terminate, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 06/21/2025 22:53
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (77), 06/23/2019 18:58 (5), 06/21/2025 22:53 (20)
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