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CVE-2017-8900

Published: May 12, 2017 | Modified: Oct 03, 2019
CVSS 3.x
4.6
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8900
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

LightDM through 1.22.0, when systemd is used in Ubuntu 16.10 and 17.x, allows physically proximate attackers to bypass intended AppArmor restrictions and visit the home directories of arbitrary users by establishing a guest session.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Lightdm Lightdm_project * 1.22.0 (including)

References

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