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CVE-2012-0871
Systemd Logind X11 Privilege Escalation
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/.

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Published Date :

April 18, 2014, 2:55 p.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 28, 2022, 7:16 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

9.2

Exploitability Score :

3.4
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2012-0871 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-0871 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Opensuse opensuse
1 Systemd_project systemd
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 2
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2012-0871.

URL Resource
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=fc3c1c6e091ea16ad5600b145201ec535bbb5d7c
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-02/msg00030.html
http://www.osvdb.org/79768
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747154
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=795853

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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blackberry/UBCIS

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Updated: 4 months ago
10 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : July 15, 2020, 6:33 p.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2012-0871 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2012-0871 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:032:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:033:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:034:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:035:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:028:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:029:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:030:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:031:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:036:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:001:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:002:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:003:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:008:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:009:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:010:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:011:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:004:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:005:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:006:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:007:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:016:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:017:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:018:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:019:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:012:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:013:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:014:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:015:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:024:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:025:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:026:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:027:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:020:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:021:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:022:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 037 OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 037
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 28, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:lennart_poettering:systemd:023:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 21, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-0871 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2012-0871 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
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