CVE-2012-0871 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

63%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

153%

The session_link_x11_socket function in login/logind-session.c in systemd-logind in systemd, possibly 37 and earlier, allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the X11 user directory in /run/user/.

The session_link_x11_socket function in login/logind-session.c in systemd-logind in systemd, possibly 37 and earlier, allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the X11 user directory in /run/user/.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.3. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 10 years ago

2014-04-18 14:55:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:27:00

Affected Software

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OpenSUSE 12.1

12.1

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