CVE-2014-7272
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.41%
Description
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).
How to fix CVE-2014-7272
To remediate CVE-2014-7272, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.11.0-2 or later
Is CVE-2014-7272 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.11.0-2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |