Description (CNA)
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 (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| lightdm / lightdm | affected before 0.9.6 |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3349
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3349
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50506
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=639151
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/lightdm/+bug/834079
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q3/393
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3349
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3349
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50506
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=639151
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/lightdm/+bug/834079
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q3/393