CVE-2012-1166

critical

Published 2014-05-21 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

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

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Ubuntu Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
11.10	Affected	—
11.04	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
canonical	ltsp_display_manager	`2.2.4`
canonical	ltsp_display_manager	`2.2.5`
canonical	ltsp_display_manager	`2.2.6`

References

CWEs

CWE-78

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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