Vulnerability in Xfree86_project X11r6

CVE-2002-1472

Untrusted search path vulnerability in libX11.so in xfree86, when used in setuid or setgid programs, allows local users to gain root privileges via a modified LD_PRELOAD environment variable that points to a malicious module.

EPSS: 0.004 (28.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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