High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 8, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2014-7272
CVE-2014-7272
Description
Simple Desktop Display Manager (SDDM) before 0.10.0 allows local users to gain root privileges because code running as root performs write operations within a user home directory, and this user may have created links in advance (exploitation requires the user to win a race condition in the ~/.Xauthority chown case, but not other cases).
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Affected products
2- Range: <0.10.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- github.com/sddm/sddm/pull/280nvdPatch
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141494.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141550.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/06/4nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
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