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CVE-2018-13054

N/A

Published: July 2, 2018 at 02:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:38 AM UTC

2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxCinnamon

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

Description

An issue was discovered in Cinnamon 1.9.2 through 3.8.6. The cinnamon-settings-users.py GUI runs as root and allows configuration of (for example) other users' icon files in _on_face_browse_menuitem_activated and _on_face_menuitem_activated. These icon files are written to the respective user's $HOME/.face location. If an unprivileged user prepares a symlink pointing to an arbitrary location, then this location will be overwritten with the icon content.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Debian Linux · Debiandrupal

95%

Cinnamon · Linuxmint

95%

1.9.2 ≤ v ≤ 3.8.6

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1083067

x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/pull/7683

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00011.html

CVSS

5.8MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-59

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