6.3

CVE-2012-0871: opensuse Link Following

CVSS: 6.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2012-0871
Published 18-04-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-0871 is a medium (CVSS 6.3) Link Following vulnerability in opensuse. EPSS estimates a 0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.35%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 18-04-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The session_link_x11_socket function in login/logind-session.c in systemd-logind in systemd, possibly 37 and earlier, allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the X11 user directory in /run/user/.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.35%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

27%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.36% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.35%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • systemd< 43-1
Opensuse1 product
Systemd_project1 product
  • systemd≤ 037 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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