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Status published
Medium
CVE-2013-4169
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.21.1 allows local users to...
Vulnerability Description
GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.21.1 allows local users to change permissions of arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on /tmp/.X11-unix/.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
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Affected Vendor
gnome
View all reports →Affected Software
gnome display manager
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.7, 1.0, 2.0, 2.2, 2.13, 2.14, 2.14.1, 2.14.2, 2.14.3, 2.14.4, 2.14.5, 2.14.6, 2.14.7, 2.14.8, 2.14.9, 2.14.10, 2.14.11, 2.14.12, 2.15, 2.16, 2.16.1, 2.16.2, 2.17, 2.18, 2.18.1, 2.18.2, 2.18.3, 2.19, 2.19.1, 2.19.2, 2.19.3, 2.19.4, 2.20.0, 2.20.1, 2.20.2, 2.20.3, 2.20.4, 2.20.5, 2.20.6, 2.20.7, 2.20.8, 2.20.9, 2.20.10
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 10th, 2013
Last Modified:
September 16th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.