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CVE-2012-1093

Published: 21 February 2020

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

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
xorg server is actually the xorg-server package
the xorg package only contains docs

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
xorg
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Not vulnerable
(1:7.7+19ubuntu7)
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
utopic Ignored
(end of life)
vivid Ignored
(end of life)
wily Ignored
(end of life)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
focal Not vulnerable

kinetic Not vulnerable

jammy Not vulnerable

groovy Ignored
(end of life)
hardy Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
impish Ignored
(end of life)
lucid Ignored
(end of life)
maverick Ignored
(end of life)
natty Ignored
(end of life)
oneiric Ignored
(end of life)
precise Ignored
(end of life)
quantal Ignored
(end of life)
raring Ignored
(end of life)
saucy Ignored
(end of life)
upstream
Released (1:7.6+12)
xenial Not vulnerable
(1:7.7+12ubuntu1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H