Description
LightDM before 1.0.6 allows local users to change ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on ~/.Xauthority.
Published: 2012-02-17
Score: 1.9 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-4054 LightDM before 1.0.6 allows local users to change ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on ~/.Xauthority.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1262-1 Light Display Manager vulnerabilities
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Robert Ancell Lightdm
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:01:50.376Z

Reserved: 2011-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-4105

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-02-17T23:55:01.730

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-4105

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