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CVE-2014-7271

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-03-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-306

Description

Simple Desktop Display Manager (SDDM) before 0.10.0 allows local users to log in as user "sddm" without authentication.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: 20, 21
• Sddm Project Sddm: before 0.10.0 — fixed in 0.10.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Sddm Project Sddm 0.10.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141494.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141550.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/06/4
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70767
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1149608
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98421
• https://github.com/sddm/sddm/pull/279/files
• https://github.com/sddm/sddm/wiki/0.10.0-Release-Announcement
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141494.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141550.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/06/4
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70767

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