CVE-2014-7272

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-7272
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-03-08 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-03-27 23:50:00 UTC
DescriptionSimple Desktop Display Manager (SDDM) before 0.10.0 allows local users to gain root privileges because code running as root performs write operations within a user home directory, and this user may have created links in advance (exploitation requires the user to win a race condition in the ~/.Xauthority chown case, but not other cases).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 20 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 20 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Application Sddm Project Sddm All All All All
Application Sddm Project Sddm All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Move onAuthenticated XAUTHORITY generation to the helper by MartinBriza · Pull Request #280 · sddm/sddm · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: sddm-0.9.0-2.20141007git6a28c29b.fc21 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: various sddm vulnerabilities MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: sddm-0.9.0-2.20141007git6a28c29b.fc20 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Bug 1149610 – CVE-2014-7272 sddm: several local privileges escalation issues CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
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