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CVE-2012-1174

Date: July 12, 2012

The rm_rf_children function in util.c in the systemd-logind login manager in systemd before 44, when logging out, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified files, related to "particular records related with user session."

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (7)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079075.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1174
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=5ebff5337594d690b322078c512eb222d34aaa82
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:030
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/16/21
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803358
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-1174

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CWE-362

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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