CVE-2018-13054

An issue was discovered in Cinnamon 1.9.2 through 3.8.6. The cinnamon-settings-users.py GUI runs as root and allows configuration of (for example) other users' icon files in _on_face_browse_menuitem_activated and _on_face_menuitem_activated. These icon files are written to the respective user's $HOME/.face location. If an unprivileged user prepares a symlink pointing to an arbitrary location, then this location will be overwritten with the icon content.

• CWE-59

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1083067Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/pull/7683Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1083067Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/pull/7683Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory

Published

Jul 2, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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