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CVE-2011-4105
LightDM before 1.0.6 allows local users to change ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on ~/.Xauthority.
Low1.9EPSS 0.29%
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- redhat
Description
LightDM before 1.0.6 allows local users to change ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on ~/.Xauthority.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.29% · top 78% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- USN-1262-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20111102 Re: Re: [LightDM] Version 1.0.6 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20111102 Re: Re: [LightDM] Version 1.0.6 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20111102 Re: [LightDM] Version 1.0.6 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [LightDM] 20111102 Version 1.0.6 released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .