VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-1111
lightdm before 1.0.9 does not properly close file descriptors before opening a child process, which allows local users to write to the lightdm log or have other unspecified impact.
MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.47%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.47%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
lightdm before 1.0.9 does not properly close file descriptors before opening a child process, which allows local users to write to the lightdm log or have other unspecified impact.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.47% probability · 39th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- robert ancell/lightdm
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00019.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q1/557Exploit
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q1/566Exploit
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/927060Exploit
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=745339Exploit
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00019.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q1/557Exploit
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2012/q1/566Exploit
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lightdm/+bug/927060Exploit
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=745339Exploit
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.