The rm_rf_children function in util.c in the systemd-logind login manager in systemd before 44, when logging out, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified files, related to "particular records related with user session."
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-1204 The rm_rf_children function in util.c in the systemd-logind login manager in systemd before 44, when logging out, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified files, related to "particular records related with user session."
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:53:35.751Z

Reserved: 2012-02-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-1174

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-07-12T20:55:15.513

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-1174

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