CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-13054

8.1 HIGH Published 2018-07-02 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-07-02
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

An issue was discovered in Cinnamon 1.9.2 through 3.8.6. The cinnamon-settings-users.py GUI runs as root and allows configuration of (for example) other users' icon files in _on_face_browse_menuitem_activated and _on_face_menuitem_activated. These icon files are written to the respective user's $HOME/.face location. If an unprivileged user prepares a symlink pointing to an arbitrary location, then this location will be overwritten with the icon content.

Affected configurations

• debian debian linux 8.0 • linuxmint cinnamon (>= 1.9.2 <= 3.8.6)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References