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CVE-2012-0943

debian/guest-account in Light Display Manager (lightdm) 1.0.x before 1.0.6 and 1.1.x before 1.1.7, as used in Ubuntu Linux 11.10, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a space in the name of a file in /tmp. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT per ADT1/ADT2 due to different codebases and affected versions. CVE-2012-6648 has been assigned for the gdm-guest-session issue.

Published

2014-05-22T23:55:02.830

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-264
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application robert_ancell lightdm 1.0.0 Yes
Application robert_ancell lightdm 1.0.1 Yes
Application robert_ancell lightdm 1.0.2 Yes
Application robert_ancell lightdm 1.0.3 Yes
Application robert_ancell lightdm 1.0.4 Yes
Application robert_ancell lightdm 1.0.5 Yes
Application robert_ancell lightdm 1.1.0 Yes
Application robert_ancell lightdm 1.1.1 Yes
Application robert_ancell lightdm 1.1.2 Yes
Application robert_ancell lightdm 1.1.3 Yes
Application robert_ancell lightdm 1.1.4 Yes
Application robert_ancell lightdm 1.1.5 Yes
Application robert_ancell lightdm 1.1.6 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 11.10 Yes
References