Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2010-4664 (CCN-66778)

Assigned:2011-04-07
Published:2011-04-07
Updated:2019-11-18
Summary:In ConsoleKit before 0.4.2, an intended security policy restriction bypass was found. This flaw allows an authenticated system user to escalate their privileges by initiating a remote VNC session.
CVSS v3 Severity:8.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
5.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:6.5 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
4.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
6.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
4.8 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-269
Vulnerability Consequences:Bypass Security
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2010-4664

Source: CCN
Type: freedesktop.org Web site
ConsoleKit

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 74646
ConsoleKit VNC Session is-local Property Handling Remote Privilege Escalation

Source: CCN
Type: BID-47258
ConsoleKit VNC Session Policy Restriction Security Bypass Vulnerability

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-4664

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 600455
CVE-2010-4664 ConsoleKit: Policy restrictions break-out via remote Virtual Network Computing (VNC) session

Source: MISC
Type: Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4664

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
consolekit-vnc-security-bypass(66778)

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4664

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:consolekit_project:consolekit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version < 0.4.2)

  • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration 3:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20104664
    V
    CVE-2010-4664
    2022-05-20
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29446
    P
    Security update for postgresql, postgresql13, postgresql14 (Important)
    2021-11-20
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29482
    P
    Security update for wpa_supplicant (Important)
    2021-03-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32254
    P
    Security update for openvswitch (Important)
    2021-02-12
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32120
    P
    Security update for ImageMagick (Important)
    2021-01-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32491
    P
    bind on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28230
    P
    Security update for libtirpc (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32034
    P
    Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28808
    P
    Security update for popt
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32703
    P
    libapr-util1 on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28371
    P
    Security update for python (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32046
    P
    Security update for krb5 (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32791
    P
    syslog-ng on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28607
    P
    Security update for Xen and libvirt
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28025
    P
    Security update for bind (Critical)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32857
    P
    expat on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28709
    P
    Security update for hplip
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32404
    P
    Security update for w3m (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28100
    P
    Security update for git (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33534
    P
    Security update for ConsoleKit
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28764
    P
    Security update for LibreOffice
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32647
    P
    cyrus-imapd on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28314
    P
    Security update for openssl (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32035
    P
    Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32752
    P
    nagios on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28455
    P
    Security update for xen (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28024
    P
    Security update for bind (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32813
    P
    yast2-core on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28660
    P
    Security update for evolution-data-server
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32347
    P
    Security update for sqlite3 (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28036
    P
    Security update for bzr (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33495
    P
    Security update for libvorbis
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28748
    P
    Security update for libksba (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201046640000000
    V
    CVE-2010-4664 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
    2019-11-13
    oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20104664000
    V
    CVE-2010-4664 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - low.
    2011-04-07
    oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20104664000
    V
    CVE-2010-4664 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - low.
    2011-04-07
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20104664000
    V
    CVE-2010-4664 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - low.
    2011-04-07
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20104664000
    V
    CVE-2010-4664 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
    2011-04-07
    BACK
    consolekit_project consolekit *
    debian debian linux 8.0
    debian debian linux 9.0
    redhat enterprise linux 6.0