CVE-2012-0943

low
Published 2014-05-22 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
2.1

Description

debian/guest-account in Light Display Manager (lightdm) 1.0.x before 1.0.6 and 1.1.x before 1.1.7, as used in Ubuntu Linux 11.10, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a space in the name of a file in /tmp. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT per ADT1/ADT2 due to different codebases and affected versions. CVE-2012-6648 has been assigned for the gdm-guest-session issue.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0943

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@ubuntu.com — http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1399-2

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
ubuntu ubuntu11.10affected
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiansidfixed0
debian debiantrixiefixed0

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
robert_ancelllightdm1.0.0
robert_ancelllightdm1.0.1
robert_ancelllightdm1.0.2
robert_ancelllightdm1.0.3
robert_ancelllightdm1.0.4
robert_ancelllightdm1.0.5
robert_ancelllightdm1.1.0
robert_ancelllightdm1.1.1
robert_ancelllightdm1.1.2
robert_ancelllightdm1.1.3
robert_ancelllightdm1.1.4
robert_ancelllightdm1.1.5
robert_ancelllightdm1.1.6

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.