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CVE-2011-3349 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3349 CVEBroken Link
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=639151 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/lightdm/+bug/834079 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q3/393 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3349 CVEThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-269Improper Privilege Management[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
lightdm project lightdm
< 0.9.6

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-3349
NVD Published Date:
Nov 19, 2019
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2011-3349 Details - Not Deferred