Canonical Ubuntu Linux up to 10.10 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Canonical Ubuntu Linux up to 10.10. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to access control. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2012-6648. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Canonical Ubuntu Linux up to 10.10 (Operating System). This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. 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 availability. CVE summarizes:

gdm/guest-session-cleanup.sh in gdm-guest-session 0.24 and earlier, as used in Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS, 10.10, and 11.04, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a space in the name of a file in /tmp. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT from CVE-2012-0943 per ADT1/ADT2 due to different codebases and affected versions. CVE-2012-0943 is used for the guest-account issue.

The weakness was presented 05/22/2014 (Website). The advisory is available at ubuntu.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-6648 since 05/22/2014. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See VDB-69777 for similar entry. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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03/25/2015 +307 days 🔍
03/21/2022 +2553 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: usn-1399-1
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-6648 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-6648
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-69778
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/25/2015 16:45
Updated: 03/21/2022 17:39
Changes: 03/25/2015 16:45 (42), 03/03/2018 08:19 (6), 03/21/2022 17:32 (3), 03/21/2022 17:39 (1)
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