CVE-2017-7358

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LightDM (Ubuntu 16.04/16.10) Privilege Escalation

Posted Apr 26, 2017

Authored by G. Geshev

This advisory describes a local privilege escalation via guest-account in LightDM found in Ubuntu versions 16.10 / 16.04 LTS.

tags | exploit, local

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2017-7358

SHA-256 | 7eb1528e323459cf945e526fa778e82b210bbab5581e8b3874acbbb6985be89b

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3255-1

Posted Apr 5, 2017

Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 3255-1 - It was discovered that LightDM incorrectly handled home directory creation for guest users. A local attacker could use this issue to gain ownership of arbitrary directory paths and possibly gain administrative privileges.

tags | advisory, arbitrary, local

systems | linux, ubuntu

advisories | CVE-2017-7358

SHA-256 | e3c530aa3a6c8b4341919d114315f695cce907d048180f01f6fa591ffdad7621

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