CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-7358
7.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-04-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/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-22
Description
In LightDM through 1.22.0, a directory traversal issue in debian/guest-account.sh allows local attackers to own arbitrary directory path locations and escalate privileges to root when the guest user logs out.
Affected configurations
• lightdm project lightdm (<= 1.22.0)
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.10
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness
References
- http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~lightdm-team/lightdm/trunk/revision/2478 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97486 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1677924 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/lightdm/2017-April/001059.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41923/ www.exploit-db.com
- https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3255-1/ Third Party Advisory
- http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~lightdm-team/lightdm/trunk/revision/2478 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97486 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1677924 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/lightdm/2017-April/001059.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41923/ www.exploit-db.com
- https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3255-1/ Third Party Advisory