CVE-2017-8900
Published May 12, 2017
Last updated 5 years ago
Overview
- Description
- 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.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.6
- Impact score
- 3.6
- Exploitability score
- 0.9
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 2.1
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
Configurations
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