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vulnerability

Red Hat: CVE-2010-4664: ConsoleKit: Policy restrictions break-out via remote Virtual Network Computing (VNC) session

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 13, 2019
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025

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.

Solution

no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
Title
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