CVE-2023-24039 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A stack-based buffer overflow in ParseColors in libXm in Common Desktop Environment 1.6 can be exploited by local low-privileged users via the dtprintinfo setuid binary to escalate their privileges to root on Solaris 10 systems. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Opengroup	Common Desktop Environment

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:opengroup:common_desktop_environment:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/24
https://github.com/0xdea/exploits/blob/master/solaris/raptor_dtprintlibXmas.c
https://github.com/hnsecurity/vulns/blob/main/HNS-2022-01-dtprintinfo.txt
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24039
https://security.humanativaspa.it/nothing-new-under-the-sun/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-24039

History

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-02T15:55:36.400Z

Reserved: 2023-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-24039

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:49:08.929Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-21T02:15:09.550

Modified: 2025-04-02T16:15:33.170

Link: CVE-2023-24039

Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2023-01-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-24039 - Bugzilla

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