CVE-2011-4105

medium

Description

LightDM before 1.0.6 allows local users to change ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on ~/.Xauthority.

References

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1262-1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/9

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/6

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/10

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/lightdm/2011-November/000178.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-02-17

Updated: 2014-03-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

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

Severity: Medium