CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-4105
1.9 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-02-17
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 1.9 LOW — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
LightDM before 1.0.6 allows local users to change ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on ~/.Xauthority.
Affected configurations
• robert ancell lightdm (<= 1.0.5)
• robert ancell lightdm 0.0.1
• robert ancell lightdm 0.0.2
• robert ancell lightdm 0.0.3
• robert ancell lightdm 0.0.4
• robert ancell lightdm 0.1.0
• robert ancell lightdm 0.1.1
• robert ancell lightdm 0.1.2
• robert ancell lightdm 0.2.0
• robert ancell lightdm 0.2.1
• robert ancell lightdm 0.2.2
• robert ancell lightdm 0.2.3
• robert ancell lightdm 0.3.0
• robert ancell lightdm 0.3.1
• robert ancell lightdm 0.3.2
• robert ancell lightdm 0.3.3
• robert ancell lightdm 0.3.4
• robert ancell lightdm 0.3.5
• robert ancell lightdm 0.3.6
• robert ancell lightdm 0.4.0
• robert ancell lightdm 0.4.1
• robert ancell lightdm 0.4.2
• robert ancell lightdm 0.4.3
• robert ancell lightdm 0.4.4
• robert ancell lightdm 0.9.0
• robert ancell lightdm 0.9.1
• robert ancell lightdm 0.9.2
• robert ancell lightdm 0.9.3
• robert ancell lightdm 0.9.4
• robert ancell lightdm 0.9.5
• robert ancell lightdm 0.9.6
• robert ancell lightdm 0.9.7
• robert ancell lightdm 0.9.8
• robert ancell lightdm 1.0.0
• robert ancell lightdm 1.0.1
• robert ancell lightdm 1.0.2
• robert ancell lightdm 1.0.3
• robert ancell lightdm 1.0.4
• robert ancell lightdm 1.1.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/lightdm/2011-November/000178.html lists.freedesktop.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/10 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/6 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/9 www.openwall.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1262-1 www.ubuntu.com
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/lightdm/2011-November/000178.html lists.freedesktop.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/10 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/6 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/9 www.openwall.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1262-1 www.ubuntu.com