CVE-2012-1174

Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-07-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-362

Description

The rm_rf_children function in util.c in the systemd-logind login manager in systemd before 44, when logging out, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified files, related to "particular records related with user session."

Affected products

Linux Systemd: 43

References

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=5ebff5337594d690b322078c512eb222d34aaa82
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079075.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:030
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/16/21
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803358
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=5ebff5337594d690b322078c512eb222d34aaa82
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079075.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:030
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/16/21
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803358

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