Vulnerability Details CVE-2011-3349
lightdm before 0.9.6 writes in .dmrc and Xauthority files using root permissions while the files are in user controlled folders. A local user can overwrite root-owned files via a symlink, which can allow possible privilege escalation.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 30.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
CVSS v2 Score 7.2
Products affected by CVE-2011-3349
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.3.4
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.3.5
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.3.6
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.3.7
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.4.4
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.9.0
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.9.1
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.9.2
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.9.3
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.9.4
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cpe:2.3:a:lightdm_project:lightdm:0.9.5