PT-2020-7175 · Debian · X11-Common

Kurt Seifried · Published 2020-02-21 · Updated 2021-02-25 · CVE-2012-1093

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Debian x11-common versions prior to 1:7.6+12

Description The init script in the Debian x11-common package is vulnerable to a symlink attack, which can lead to a privilege escalation during package installation.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1:7.6+12, update to version 1:7.6+12 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting package installation privileges to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-1093

Affected Products

X11-Common

References · 14

• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/29/1 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://vladz.devzero.fr/012_x11-common-vuln.html · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-1093 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1093 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1093 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1093 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-1093 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1093 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1093 · Security Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/1140 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/10025 · Telegram Post
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1093 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/01/1 · Note