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CVE-2013-4459

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Date: November 23, 2013

LightDM 1.7.5 through 1.8.3 and 1.9.x before 1.9.2 does not apply the AppArmor profile to the Guest account, which allows local users to bypass intended restrictions by leveraging the Guest account.

Language: C

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Related Resources (7)

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/lightdm/2013-October/000471.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2012-1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/lightdm/%2Bbug/1243339
http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/lightdm/2013-October/000472.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2013-4459
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4459
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-4459

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

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CVSS v3.1

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

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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