CVE-2018-13054

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    CVE-2018-13054

    Published: 2 Jul 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in Cinnamon 1.9.2 through 3.8.6. The cinnamon-settings-users.py GUI runs as root and allows configuration of (for example) other users' icon files in _on_face_browse_menuitem_activated and _on_face_menuitem_activated. These icon files are written to the respective user's $HOME/.face location. If an unprivileged user prepares a symlink pointing to an arbitrary location, then this location will be overwritten with the icon content.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00011.html, https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1083067, https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/pull/7683

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 677b05ed76b516ebac914f05d4eba545f822d59a
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    3.8.6
    3.8.5
    3.8.4
    3.8.3
    3.8.2
    3.8.1
    3.8.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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