Vulnerability in Sddm Project
CVE-2014-7272
Simple Desktop Display Manager (SDDM) before 0.10.0 allows local users to gain root privileges because code running as root performs write operations within a user home directory, and this user may have created links in advance (exploitation requires the user to win a race condition in the ~/.Xauthority chown case, but not other cases).
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (31.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 31.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Sddm Project
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 20, 21
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/sddm/sddm/pull/280 (Patch)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141550.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141494.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/06/4 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-7272?
- CVE-2014-7272 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sddm Project, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-03-08.
- How severe is CVE-2014-7272?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.