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7.9	$0-$5k	0.00

A vulnerability was found in Simple Desktop Display Manager up to 0.9.x. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the file ~/.Xauthority. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Simple Desktop Display Manager (SDDM) before 0.10.0 allows local users to gain root privileges because code running as root performs write operations within a user home directory, and this user may have created links in advance (exploitation requires the user to win a race condition in the ~/.Xauthority chown case, but not other cases).

The bug was discovered 10/01/2014. The weakness was published 03/08/2018 (oss-sec). The advisory is available at openwall.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2014-7272 since 10/01/2014. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 78752 (Fedora 21 : sddm-0.9.0-2.20141007git6a28c29b.fc21 (2014-12442)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 0.10.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (78752) and SecurityFocus (BID 70202†). Similar entry is available at VDB-114189.

Productinfo

Vendor

• Simple

Name

• Desktop Display Manager

Version

• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍
• 🔍
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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍
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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

VulDB Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Temp Score: 8.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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EPSS Percentile: 🔍

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Nessus ID: 78752
Nessus Name: Fedora 21 : sddm-0.9.0-2.20141007git6a28c29b.fc21 (2014-12442)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 867280
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for sddm FEDORA-2014-12308
OpenVAS File: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Desktop Display Manager 0.10.0
Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

10/01/2014 🔍
10/01/2014 +0 days 🔍
10/08/2014 +7 days 🔍
10/31/2014 +23 days 🔍
03/08/2018 +1224 days 🔍
03/08/2018 +0 days 🔍
03/09/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/17/2023 +1806 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: openwall.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2014-7272 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 70202

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/09/2018 07:46 AM
Updated: 02/17/2023 11:02 AM
Changes: 03/09/2018 07:46 AM (74), 01/11/2020 11:21 AM (1), 02/17/2023 11:02 AM (4)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 18:C71:40

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