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CVE-2010-4664

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-11-13 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

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.

Affected products

• Consolekit Project Consolekit: before 0.4.2 — fixed in 0.4.2
• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 6.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Consolekit Project Consolekit 0.4.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-4664
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4664
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4664
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-4664
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4664
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4664

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