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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2012-0871

CVE-2012-0871

UNKNOWN

The session_link_x11_socket function in login/logind-session

Published Apr 18, 2014

Modified 1 years ago

Details

The session_link_x11_socket function in login/logind-session.c in systemd-logind in systemd, possibly 37 and earlier, allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the X11 user directory in /run/user/.

References

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=fc3c1c6e091ea16ad5600b145201ec535bbb5d7c

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00030.html

http://www.osvdb.org/79768

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747154

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=795853

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0871

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v2.0

6.3

Exploitability

Access Vector

LocalAV:L

Access Complexity

MediumAC:M

Authentication

NoneAu:N

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

CompleteI:C

Availability

CompleteA:C

6.3/AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedApr 18, 2014

ModifiedAug 6, 2024

CVE-2012-0871 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence