Description
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).
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2014-7143 | 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). |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T12:47:32.269Z
Reserved: 2014-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2014-7272
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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-03-08T20:29:00.300
Modified: 2024-11-21T02:16:39.353
Link: CVE-2014-7272
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD