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high 8.8

CVE-2010-4664 json

In ConsoleKit before 0.4.2, an intended security policy restriction bypass was found.

published 2019-11-13 6 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2010-4629

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 68%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • consolekit_project consolekit 0.4.2

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2010-4664 updated cvss 6.5

ConsoleKit: Policy restrictions break-out via remote Virtual Network Computing (VNC) session

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ConsoleKit, ConsoleKit-x11, ConsoleKit-libs
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • consolekit consolekit

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

Sources

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