ubuntu-cve-2018-13054
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-07-02 14:29
Modified
2025-09-08 16:44
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.

Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
high
References
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  "affected": [
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        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
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        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
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          },
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          }
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      },
      "package": {
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        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/cinnamon@3.6.7-8ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/bionic"
      },
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            },
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        "3.6.7-3",
        "3.6.7-4",
        "3.6.7-5",
        "3.6.7-6",
        "3.6.7-7",
        "3.6.7-8",
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    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "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\u0027 icon files in _on_face_browse_menuitem_activated and _on_face_menuitem_activated. These icon files are written to the respective user\u0027s $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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-13054",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:44:56Z",
  "published": "2018-07-02T14:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-13054"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/pull/7683"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/commit/66e54f43f179fdf041a3e5232178a9910963cfb5"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1083067"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4844-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-13054"
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "high",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2018-13054"
  ]
}



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