CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-13054

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.

5.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 4.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

8.1 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/pull/7683 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1083067 Issue Tracking Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00011.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linuxmint:cinnamon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-07-02 02:29

Updated : 2018-09-04 05:02

NVD link : CVE-2018-13054

Mitre link : CVE-2018-13054

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-59