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CVE-2011-2921

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 83.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-11-19 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-273

Description

ktsuss versions 1.4 and prior has the uid set to root and does not drop privileges prior to executing user specified commands, which can result in command execution with root privileges.

Affected products

• ktsuss: through 1.4

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154307/ktsuss-Suid-Privilege-Escalation.html
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2921
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2921
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154307/ktsuss-Suid-Privilege-Escalation.html
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2921
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2921

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