Directory Traversal Vulnerability in LightDM Allows Privilege Escalation

CVE-2017-7358 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

In LightDM through 1.22.0, a directory traversal issue in debian/guest-account.sh allows local attackers to own arbitrary directory path locations and escalate privileges to root when the guest user logs out.

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