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CVE-2011-0727

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Description

GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.x before 2.32.1 allows local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) dmrc or (2) face icon file under /var/cache/gdm/.

References

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.1.news

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057333.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057931.html

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gdm-list/2011-March/msg00020.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/43714

http://secunia.com/advisories/43854

http://secunia.com/advisories/44021

http://securitytracker.com/id?1025264

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2205

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:070

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0395.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47063

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1099-1

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0786

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0787

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0797

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0847

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0911

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688323

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66377

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2011-03-31

Updated: 2017-08-17

Type: CWE-59

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Impact Score: 10

Exploitability Score: 3.4

Severity: MEDIUM

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