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HistoryMay 11, 2017 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2017-8900

2017-05-1100:00:00
ubuntu.com
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6

2.1 Low

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

4.6 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

PHYSICAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

38.8%

LightDM through 1.22.0, when systemd is used in Ubuntu 16.10 and 17.x,
allows physically proximate attackers to bypass intended AppArmor
restrictions and visit the home directories of arbitrary users by
establishing a guest session.

Bugs

Notes

Author Note
tyhicks This issue was introduced when the user session handling moved from upstart to systemd in Ubuntu 16.10.
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu16.10noarchlightdm< 1.19.5-0ubuntu1.2UNKNOWN
ubuntu17.04noarchlightdm< 1.22.0-0ubuntu2.1UNKNOWN

2.1 Low

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

4.6 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

PHYSICAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

38.8%