Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU42592

Link following in GNOME Display Manager - CVE-2013-4169

Published: September 10, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU42592

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4169

CWE-ID: CWE-59

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Gnome Development Team

Affected software:
GNOME Display Manager

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.21.1 allows local users to change permissions of arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on /tmp/.X11-unix/.

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