Published: 21/02/2020 Updated: 07/11/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.9 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.4

CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8

VMScore: 614

Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The init script in the Debian x11-common package prior to 1:7.6+12 is vulnerable to a symlink attack that can lead to a privilege escalation during package installation.

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Debian Bug report logs - #661627 init script x11-common creates directories in insecure manners Package: x11-common; Maintainer for x11-common is Debian X Strike Force <debian-x@listsdebianorg>; Source for x11-common is src:xorg (PTS, buildd, popcon) Reported by: vladz <vladz@devzerofr> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:3 ...

CWE-59 http://vladz.devzero.fr/012_x11-common-vuln.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/01/1 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1093 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1093 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/29/1 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=661627 https://nvd.nist.gov

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