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CVE-2018-13054
CVE-2018-13054
PUBLISHED
An issue was discovered in Cinnamon 1.9.2 through 3.8.6. The cinnamon-settings-users.py GUI runs as root and allows configuration of (for example) other users' icon files in _on_face_browse_menuitem_activated and _on_face_menuitem_activated. These icon files are written to the respective user's $HOME/.face location. If an unprivileged user prepares a symlink pointing to an arbitrary location, then this location will be overwritten with the icon content.
EPSS 0.27% · 50.8th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.27%
50.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | cinnamon | 2.6.13-1ubuntu2, 2.8.6-1ubuntu1, 0 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | cinnamon | 3.6.7-4, 3.6.7-5, 3.6.7-6 |
Exploit Intelligence
Timeline
- Jul 2, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-13054 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/pull/7683 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/commit/66e54f43f179fdf041a3e5232178a9910963cfb5 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1083067 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4844-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-13054 third-party-advisory