CVE-2014-7272 — Race Condition in Project Sddm

CWE-2647 documents6 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 64.52%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Sddm Project SddmFedoraproject Fedora
Timeline
PublishedMar 8
Latest updateMay 14

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).

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDsddm_project/sddm< 0.10.0
▶Debiansddm_project/sddm< 0.11.0-2+3

Also affects: Fedora 20, 21

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-2qgx-m88q-gp35: Simple Desktop Display Manager (SDDM) before 0↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2014-7272: Simple Desktop Display Manager (SDDM) before 0↗2018-03-08
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CVEList
CVE-2014-7272: Simple Desktop Display Manager (SDDM) before 0↗2018-03-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2014-7272: sddm - Simple Desktop Display Manager (SDDM) before 0.10.0 allows local users to gain r...↗2014
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-7272 sddm: several local privileges escalation issues [fedora-all]↗2014-10-06
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Bugzilla
CVE-2014-7272 sddm: several local privileges escalation issues↗2014-10-06
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