CVE-2012-0943
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Published: May 22, 2014 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:38 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxLightdm
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
Description
debian/guest-account in Light Display Manager (lightdm) 1.0.x before 1.0.6 and 1.1.x before 1.1.7, as used in Ubuntu Linux 11.10, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a space in the name of a file in /tmp. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT per ADT1/ADT2 due to different codebases and affected versions. CVE-2012-6648 has been assigned for the gdm-guest-session issue.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
References (3)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/lightdm/%2Bbug/953044x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/96471251/lightdm.secure-cleanup.debdiffQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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