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CVE-2001-0084

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-02-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

GTK+ library allows local users to specify arbitrary modules via the GTK_MODULES environmental variable, which could allow local users to gain privileges if GTK+ is used by a setuid/setgid program.

Affected products

• GNOME Gtk: 1.2.8

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0498.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0027.html
• http://www.gtk.org/setuid.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2165
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0498.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0027.html
• http://www.gtk.org/setuid.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2165

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