CVE-2018-13054
cinnamon - security update
8.1
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.2%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-13054
To remediate CVE-2018-13054, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 3.8.8-1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.2.16-5+deb8u1 or later
Is CVE-2018-13054 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 3.8.8-1
- from 0, < 2.2.16-5+deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |