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CVE-2011-0727

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Date: March 31, 2011

GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.x before 2.32.1 allows local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) dmrc or (2) face icon file under /var/cache/gdm/.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.4

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Url: http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.32/gdm-2.32.1.news

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057333.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-0727

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1099-1

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0395.html

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688323

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2011-0727

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057931.html

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66377

Url: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gdm-list/2011-March/msg00020.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0727

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:070

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0787

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0786

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0797

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0847

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/44021

Url: http://securitytracker.com/id?1025264

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0911

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2205

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47063

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/43714

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/43854

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0727

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-0727

Severity Score

7.4

Weakness Type (CWE)

Link Following

CWE-59

Top Fix

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.4
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2011-0727

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Date: March 31, 2011

Language: C

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CVSS v2

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