MEDIUM
lightdm before 1.0.9 does not properly close file descriptors before opening a child process, which allows local users to write to the lightdm log or have other unspecified impact
Published Oct 27, 2014
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.47%
Description
lightdm before 1.0.9 does not properly close file descriptors before opening a child process, which allows local users to write to the lightdm log or have other unspecified impact.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 1.0.8
- 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
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.10
- 1.0.11
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.
4.6 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.47% 0.00469
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00469
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.47% (0.00469) | 38.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.47% (0.00469) | 36.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.15% (0.00155) | 33.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00046) | 19.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 7, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00046) | 16.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00046) | 14.09th | 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.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00019.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q1/557 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q1/566 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/927060 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=745339 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00019.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q1/557 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploit | |
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q1/566 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploit | |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/927060 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit | |
| https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=745339 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Oct 27, 2014
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Feb 14, 2012
Link CVE-2012-1111
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a