CVE-2011-3154 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Update Manager for Ubuntu Linux, specifically in the DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewKDE.py component. It allows local users to access the XAUTHORITY file content of another user through a symlink attack on improperly created temporary files. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 1.9 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), indicating a local attack vector with medium complexity and a potential impact of partial confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1\:0.87.24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:update-manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1\:0.134.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:update-manager:1\:0.134.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1\:0.142.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:update-manager:1\:0.142.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1\:0.150CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:update-manager:1\:0.150:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1\:0.152.25CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:canonical:update-manager:1\:0.152.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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