CVE-2011-3349

CVSS V2 High 7.2 CVSS V3 High 7.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2011-3349
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2019-11-19T22:15:11
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-12-03T16:19:59
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-269 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 0.9.6
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 7.2
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50506 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q3/393 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/lightdm/+bug/834079 Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3349 Third Party Advisory
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
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3349
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3349
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:58:27 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 06:35:01 2019-11-19T22:15Z 2019-11-19T22:15:11 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-04 06:35:01 2019-12-03T16:19:59 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-04 06:35:01 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated