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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2012-6648

gdm/guest-session-cleanup.sh in gdm-guest-session 0.24 and earlier, as used in Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS, 10.10, and 11.04, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a space in the name of a file in /tmp. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT from CVE-2012-0943 per ADT1/ADT2 due to different codebases and affected versions. CVE-2012-0943 is used for the guest-account issue.
Publish Date : 2014-05-22 Last Update Date : 2014-07-18
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

CVSS Score
2.1
Confidentiality Impact None (There is no impact to the confidentiality of the system.)
Integrity Impact None (There is no impact to the integrity of the system)
Availability Impact Partial (There is reduced performance or interruptions in resource availability.)
Access Complexity Low (Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. Very little knowledge or skill is required to exploit. )
Authentication Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access None
Vulnerability Type(s)
CWE ID 264

- Products Affected By CVE-2012-6648

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 OS Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 - LTS Version Details Vulnerabilities
2 OS Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.10 Version Details Vulnerabilities
3 OS Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.04 Version Details Vulnerabilities
4 Application Gdm-guest-session Project Gdm-guest-session 0.20 Version Details Vulnerabilities
5 Application Gdm-guest-session Project Gdm-guest-session 0.21 Version Details Vulnerabilities
6 Application Gdm-guest-session Project Gdm-guest-session 0.22 Version Details Vulnerabilities
7 Application Gdm-guest-session Project Gdm-guest-session 0.23 Version Details Vulnerabilities
8 Application Gdm-guest-session Project Gdm-guest-session 0.24 Version Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux 3
Gdm-guest-session Project Gdm-guest-session 5

- References For CVE-2012-6648

https://launchpadlibrarian.net/96474113/gdm-guest-session.secure-cleanup.debdiff
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/lightdm/%2Bbug/953044 CONFIRM
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1399-1
UBUNTU USN-1399-1

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2012-6648

There are not any metasploit modules related to this CVE entry (Please visit www.metasploit.com for more information)
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