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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2018-07-02T14:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-05T08:52:49.775Z
Reserved: 2018-07-02T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-13054
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2018-07-02T14:29:00.213
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:46:19.127
Link: CVE-2018-13054
Redhat
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