Is CVE-2014-7272 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2014-7272 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2014-7272?

CVE-2014-7272 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2014-7272?

CVE-2014-7272 has an EPSS score of 0.41% (33th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2014-7272?

Upgrade sddm on debian 11 to 0.11.0-2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2014-7272

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Simple Desktop Display Manager (SDDM) before 0.10.0 allows local users to gain root privileges because code running as root performs write operations within a user home directory, and this user may have created links in advance (exploitation requires the user to win a race condition in the ~/.Xauthority chown case, but not other cases).

CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

How to fix

Remediation Available

sddmDebian

Fixed in:0.11.0-2CVE-2014-7272

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.41%probability of exploitation in 30 days

33rdpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 33% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Third-Party Advisory3

Issue Tracking1

bugzilla.redhat.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-264 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2012-1456	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1459	Medium	4.3	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2012-1446	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1443	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1442	Medium	4.3	99%	-	-
CVE-2012-1457	Medium	4.3	98%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.