CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-3349
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-11-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Description
lightdm before 0.9.6 writes in .dmrc and Xauthority files using root permissions while the files are in user controlled folders. A local user can overwrite root-owned files via a symlink, which can allow possible privilege escalation.
Affected configurations
• lightdm project lightdm (< 0.9.6)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3349 Broken Link
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=639151 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/lightdm/+bug/834079 Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q3/393 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3349 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50506 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3349 Broken Link
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=639151 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/lightdm/+bug/834079 Third Party Advisory
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q3/393 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3349 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50506 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry