CVE-2011-3349

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-3349
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-11-19 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2019-12-03 16:19:00 UTC
Descriptionlightdm before 0.9.6 writes in .dmrc and Xauthority files using root permissions while the files are in user controlled folders. A local user can overwrite root-owned files via a symlink, which can allow possible privilege escalation.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Lightdm Project Lightdm All All All All
Application Lightdm Project Lightdm All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
LightDM Symlink Attack Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability MISC www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bug #834079 “files written as root to user-controlled folders” : Bugs : lightdm package : Debian MISC bugs.launchpad.net Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com Broken Link
#639151 - Local privilege escalation - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-sec: lightdm issues MISC seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2011-3349 MISC security-tracker.debian.org Third Party Advisory
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