Trend Micro Uncovers Yet Another X.Org Server Vulnerability: CVE-2023-1393

[Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming]

Hi!

Noted with thanks.

Regards,

Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
Targeted Individual in Singapore




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------- Original Message -------
On Friday, March 31st, 2023 at 10:38 PM, Johannes Truschnigg <johannes at truschnigg.info> wrote:


> Hi!
> 
> On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 02:29:05PM +0000, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote:
> 
> > Subject: Trend Micro Uncovers Yet Another X.Org Server Vulnerability: CVE-2023-1393
> > [...]
> > How do I find out if my X.Org Server is running as root?
> 
> 
> Check the output of (assuming you have procps-ng installed)
> 
> $ ps -fp $(pidof -S, Xorg)
> 
> on your shell. If any of the resulting lines have "root" in their "UID"
> column, that Xorg process is running under UID 0.
> 
> Hth!
> 
> --
> with best regards:
> - Johannes Truschnigg ( johannes at truschnigg.info )
> 
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