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/.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2014-04-18T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:38:14.999Z

Reserved: 2012-01-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-0871

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2014-04-18T14:55:25.227

Modified: 2022-01-28T19:16:59.780

Link: CVE-2012-0871

cve-icon Redhat

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