CVE-2011-4105 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in LightDM versions prior to 1.0.6. An attacker can exploit this flaw by creating a symbolic link to ~/.Xauthority, allowing them to change ownership of arbitrary files. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 1.9, indicating a local attack vector, medium attack complexity, and a partial impact on integrity, with no impact on confidentiality or availability. There is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed on the KEV catalog. Furthermore, there is no community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:robert_ancell:lightdm:0.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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