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cve[email protected]CVE-2011-3349
HistoryNov 19, 2019 - 10:15 p.m.

CVE-2011-3349

2019-11-1922:15:11
CWE-269
web.nvd.nist.gov
51
lightdm
vulnerability
local user
symlink
privilege escalation
cve-2011-3349
nvd

7.2 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

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

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

lightdm 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.

Affected configurations

Vulners
NVD
Node
lightdmlightdmRange0.9.6

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "lightdm",
    "vendor": "lightdm",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "before 0.9.6"
      }
    ]
  }
]

7.2 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

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

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%