CVE-2012-1166

critical
Published 2014-05-21 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
10.0

Description

The default keybindings for wwm in LTSP Display Manager (ldm) 2.2.x before 2.2.7 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the KP_RETURN keybinding, which launches a terminal window.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
ubuntu ubuntu11.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu11.10affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
canonicalltsp_display_manager2.2.4
canonicalltsp_display_manager2.2.5
canonicalltsp_display_manager2.2.6

References

CWEs

CWE-78

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.