CVE-2011-3349

2019-11-1921:42:43

redhat

www.cve.org

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

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