CVE-2011-0460 (GCVE-0-2011-0460)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-04-16 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:51
VLAI
Summary
The init script in kbd, possibly 1.14.1 and earlier, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /dev/shm/defkeymap.map.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2011-04-18 00:00
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