Unscored severity · published Sep 10, 2013
CVE-2013-4169
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.21.1 allows local users to change permissions of arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on /tmp/.X11-unix/
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CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.21.1 allows local users to change permissions of arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on /tmp/.X11-unix/.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GD
Gnome Display Manager · Gnome
through 2.21; 0.7; 1.0; 2.0; 2.2; 2.13; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4169
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4169
Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1213.html
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/54661
Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=988498
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