Vulnerability CVE-2011-3153
Published: 2014-03-06   Modified: 2014-03-07

Description:
dmrc.c in Light Display Manager (aka LightDM) before 1.1.1 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on ~/.dmrc.

Type:

CWE-59

 (Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following'))

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
1.9/10
2.9/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Robert ancell -> Lightdm 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/lightdm/%2Bbug/883865
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1262-1
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~lightdm-team/lightdm/trunk/revision/1299
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