Description
The session_link_x11_socket function in login/logind-session.c in systemd-logind in systemd, possibly 37 and earlier, allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the X11 user directory in /run/user/.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
- Access Vector
- local
- Access Cmplx
- medium
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- complete
- Availability
- complete
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- SYSTEMD_PROJECT
- Published
- 4/18/2014
- Last Modified
- 4/12/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
systemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdsystemd_project : systemdopensuse : opensuse
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