CVE-2014-7272 Simple Desktop Display Manager (SDDM) before 0.10.0 allows local users to gain root privileges because code running as root performs write operations within a user home directory, and this user may ha...
HighCVSS 7.8
EPSS 0.40%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
Simple Desktop Display Manager (SDDM) before 0.10.0 allows local users to gain root privileges because code running as root performs write operations within a user home directory, and this user may have created links in advance (exploitation requires the user to win a race condition in the ~/.Xauthority chown case, but not other cases).
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian/sddm(Debian:12) | < 0.11.0-2 | 0.11.0-2 |
| debian/sddm(Debian:13) | < 0.11.0-2 | 0.11.0-2 |
| debian/sddm(Debian:14) | < 0.11.0-2 | 0.11.0-2 |
| sddm project sddm | < 0.10.0 | 0.10.0 |
| fedoraproject fedora | = 20 | No fix listed |
| fedoraproject fedora | = 21 | No fix listed |
References
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2014-7272 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2014-12308 third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2014-12442 third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20141006 Re: various sddm vulnerabilities mailing-list third-party-advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com issue-tracking
- github.com patch