CVE-2013-4169

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 None
Description
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.21.1 allows local users to change permissions of arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on /tmp/.X11-unix/.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2013-4169
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2013-09-10T19:55:11
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2013-09-12T01:06:19
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.21
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.14.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.14.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.14.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.14.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.14.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.14.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.14.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.14.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.14.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.18.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.18.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.19.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.19.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.20.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.20.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.20.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.20.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.20.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.20.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.20.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.20.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.20.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 6.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1213.html Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/54661 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=988498 Patch
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4169
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4169
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:42:46 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-01 19:35:51 2013-09-10T19:55Z 2013-09-10T19:55:11 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-01 19:35:51 2013-09-12T01:06:19 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-01 19:35:51 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated