{"id":"CVE-2013-4394","details":"The SetX11Keyboard function in systemd, when PolicyKit Local Authority (PKLA) is used to change the group permissions on the X Keyboard Extension (XKB) layouts description, allows local users in the group to modify the Xorg X11 Server configuration file and possibly gain privileges via vectors involving \"special and control characters.\"","modified":"2026-04-10T03:44:29.978803Z","published":"2013-10-28T22:55:03Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725357"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2777"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/01/9"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862324"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-34"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/01/9"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862324"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725357"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862324"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}