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CVE-2012-6648

LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

gdm/guest-session-cleanup.sh in gdm-guest-session 0.24 and earlier, as used in Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS, 10.10, and 11.04, allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a space in the name of a file in /tmp. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT from CVE-2012-0943 per ADT1/ADT2 due to different codebases and affected versions. CVE-2012-0943 is used for the guest-account issue.

Key facts

CVSS score
2.1 (v2.0)
Severity
LOW
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-264
EPSS score
0.4% (32th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2012-6494)
Published
May 22, 2014
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-6494 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • canonical / ubuntu linux
  • canonical / ubuntu linux
  • canonical / ubuntu linux
  • gdm-guest-session project / gdm-guest-session
  • gdm-guest-session project / gdm-guest-session
  • gdm-guest-session project / gdm-guest-session
  • gdm-guest-session project / gdm-guest-session
  • gdm-guest-session project / gdm-guest-session

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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