SUSE openSUSE up to 6.0.3 lightdm-kde-greeter unnecessary privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in SUSE openSUSE up to 6.0.3. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component lightdm-kde-greeter. Performing a manipulation results in unnecessary privileges. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-62876. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in SUSE openSUSE up to 6.0.3. This affects an unknown functionality of the component lightdm-kde-greeter. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unnecessary privileges vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-250. The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A Execution with Unnecessary Privileges vulnerability in lightdm-kde-greeter allows escalation from the service user to root.This issue affects lightdm-kde-greeter. before 6.0.4.

The weakness was presented by Matthias Gerstner. The advisory is shared at bugzilla.suse.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-62876 since 10/24/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/12/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 6.0.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Class: Unnecessary privileges
CWE: CWE-250
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: openSUSE 6.0.4

Timelineinfo

10/24/2025 CVE reserved
11/12/2025 +19 days Advisory disclosed
11/12/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/12/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: suse.com

Advisory: bugzilla.suse.com
Researcher: Matthias Gerstner
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-62876 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-62876
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-332193

Entryinfo

Created: 11/12/2025 16:36
Changes: 11/12/2025 16:36 (67)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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