Vulnerability in Robert Ancell Lightdm
CVE-2011-4105
LightDM before 1.0.6 allows local users to change ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on ~/.Xauthority.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 1.9 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (21.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 21.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Robert Ancell Lightdm — versions 0.0.1, 0.0.2, 0.0.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1262-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/9 (mailing-list)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/10 (mailing-list)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/6 (mailing-list)
- lists.freedesktop.org/archives/lightdm/2011-November/000178.html (mailing-list)