CVE-2013-4169 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in GNOME Display Manager (gdm) versions prior to 2.21.1, allowing local users to modify permissions of arbitrary directories through a symlink attack on /tmp/.X11-unix/. With a CVSS score of 6.9 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), this medium-complexity attack could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_display_manager:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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