CVE-2011-3349
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 19, 2019 at 09:42 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:33 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLightdm
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 0.9.6
Affected range stops below 0.9.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (6)
x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3349x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=639151x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/lightdm/+bug/834079x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q3/393x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3349x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50506CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269
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