CVE - CVE-2014-7272

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-7272	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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).
References
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CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1149610 CONFIRM:https://github.com/sddm/sddm/pull/280 FEDORA:FEDORA-2014-12308 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141494.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2014-12442 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141550.html MLIST:[oss-security] 20141006 Re: various sddm vulnerabilities URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/06/4
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20141001	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20141001)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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