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CVE-2012-0943 Details

Description

debian/guest-account in Light Display Manager (lightdm) 1.0.x before 1.0.6 and 1.1.x before 1.1.7, as used in Ubuntu Linux 11.10, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a space in the name of a file in /tmp. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT per ADT1/ADT2 due to different codebases and affected versions. CVE-2012-6648 has been assigned for the gdm-guest-session issue.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/lightdm/%2Bbug/953044	CVE
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/96471251/lightdm.secure-cleanup.debdiff	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1399-2	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/lightdm/%2Bbug/953044	[email protected]
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/96471251/lightdm.secure-cleanup.debdiff	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1399-2	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory

see all 6 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
robert ancell lightdm	1.0.0 1.0.1 1.0.2 1.0.3 1.0.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.1.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.1.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:1.1.6:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	11.10
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 23, 2014	Initial Analysis	[email protected]