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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 19, 2019· Updated Aug 6, 2024

CVE-2011-3349

CVE-2011-3349

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.

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