High severity8.1OSV Advisory· Published Jul 2, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-13054
CVE-2018-13054
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.
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References
3- bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/pull/7683nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00011.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
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