CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.
CVE
CVE-2011-3349
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.36%
Original NVD Description
lightdm before 0.9.6 writes in .dmrc and Xauthority files using root permissions while the files are in user controlled folders. A local user can overwrite root-owned files via a symlink, which can allow possible privilege escalation.
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