LOW
LightDM before 1.0.6 allows local users to change ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on ~/.Xauthority
Published Feb 17, 2012
1.9
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.31%
Description
LightDM before 1.0.6 allows local users to change ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on ~/.Xauthority.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 1.0.5
- 0.0.1
- 0.0.2
- 0.0.3
- 0.0.4
- 0.1.0
- 0.1.1
- 0.1.2
- 0.2.0
- 0.2.1
- 0.2.2
- 0.2.3
- 0.3.0
- 0.3.1
- 0.3.2
- 0.3.3
- 0.3.4
- 0.3.5
- 0.3.6
- 0.4.0
- 0.4.1
- 0.4.2
- 0.4.3
- 0.4.4
- 0.9.0
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 0.9.4
- 0.9.5
- 0.9.6
- 0.9.7
- 0.9.8
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.1.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
1.9 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.31% 0.00313
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00313
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.31% (0.00313) | 21.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.31% (0.00313) | 22.81th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00046) | 11.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (5)
- http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/lightdm/2011-November/000178.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/10 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/9 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1262-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/lightdm/2011-November/000178.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/10 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/9 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1262-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Feb 17, 2012
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 18, 2011
Link CVE-2011-4105
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a