CVE-2012-1093
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 21, 2020 at 06:05 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:39 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorDebian LinuxX11-common
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
Description
The init script in the Debian x11-common package before 1:7.6+12 is vulnerable to a symlink attack that can lead to a privilege escalation during package installation.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 1v < 1:7.6+12
Affected range stops below 1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1:7.6+12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (6)
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://vladz.devzero.fr/012_x11-common-vuln.htmlx_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/29/1x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/01/1x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1093Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3Ex_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1093CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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