CVE-2014-7272
Simple Desktop Display Manager (SDDM) before 0.10.0 allows local users to gain root privileges because code running as root performs write operations within a user home directory, and this user may have created links in advance (exploitation requires…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.39%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Simple Desktop Display Manager (SDDM) before 0.10.0 allows local users to gain root privileges because code running as root performs write operations within a user home directory, and this user may have created links in advance (exploitation requires the user to win a race condition in the ~/.Xauthority chown case, but not other cases).
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 33th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- sddm project/sddm · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141494.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141550.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/06/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1149610Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/sddm/sddm/pull/280Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141494.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141550.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/06/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1149610Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/sddm/sddm/pull/280Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.