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CVE-2013-4169
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.21.1 allows local users to change permissions of arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on…
Medium6.9EPSS 0.37%
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- redhat
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/.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.37% · top 69% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (3)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=988498 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 54661 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1213 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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