CVE-2013-4169
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2013-09-05 | |
| Impact: | Important | What is this? |
Description
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/.
See more information about CVE-2013-4169 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 6.2 |
| Vector String: | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (gdm) | ELSA-2013-1213 | 2013-09-05 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (initscripts) | ELSA-2013-1213 | 2013-09-05 |
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