VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-1174
The rm_rf_children function in util.c in the systemd-logind login manager in systemd before 44, when logging out, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified files, related to "particular records related with user…
LOW 3.3EPSS 0.32%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The rm_rf_children function in util.c in the systemd-logind login manager in systemd before 44, when logging out, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified files, related to "particular records related with user session."
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.3 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.32% probability · 25th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- linux/systemd
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=5ebff5337594d690b322078c512eb222d34aaa82Exploit, Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079075.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:030
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/16/21
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803358
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=5ebff5337594d690b322078c512eb222d34aaa82Exploit, Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079075.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:030
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/16/21
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803358
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.