CVE-2013-7374
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.6 · CWE-264
4.6CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The Ubuntu Date and Time Indicator (aka indicator-datetime) 13.10.0+13.10.x before 13.10.0+13.10.20131023.2-0ubuntu1.1 does not properly restrict access to Evolution, which allows local users to bypass the greeter screen restrictions by clicking the date.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2186-1Advisory
- http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~indicator-applet-developers/indicator-datetime/trunk.13.10/revision/282
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/29/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/30/1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/%2Bsource/indicator-datetime/%2Bbug/1246812