CVE-2011-3349
Published Nov 19, 2019
Last updated 5 years ago
Overview
- Description
- 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.
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.8
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 1.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.2
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-269
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "1F7CC168-BE90-4328-BA40-082A75258DE1",
"versionEndExcluding": "0.9.6"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]