CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-1093
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-02-21
- 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])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
The init script in the Debian x11-common package before 1:7.6+12 is vulnerable to a symlink attack that can lead to a privilege escalation during package installation.
Affected configurations
• debian x11-common (< 1\:7.6\+12)
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
• debian debian linux 10.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://vladz.devzero.fr/012_x11-common-vuln.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/29/1 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/01/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1093 Broken Link
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E lists.apache.org
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1093 Vendor Advisory
- http://vladz.devzero.fr/012_x11-common-vuln.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/29/1 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/01/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1093 Broken Link
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E lists.apache.org
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1093 Vendor Advisory