CVE-2014-7272 (GCVE-0-2014-7272)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-03-08 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 12:47
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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).
Severity
7.8 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/sddm/sddm/pull/280 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1149610 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/06/4 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Date Public
2014-10-06 00:00
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