CVE-2012-1174

CVE Database · CVE-2012-1174

CVE-2012-1174

· N/AModified

CVSS v3.1

N/A

EPSS

0.32%

Published

Jul 12, 2012

Modified

Apr 28, 2026

Public PoC / Exploit

All weaponized →

No public PoC or exploit code indexed for this CVE.

Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.

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."

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-362

Affected Products (1)

linux · systemdvulnerable

References (10)

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd/commit/?id=5ebff5337594d690b322078c512eb222d34aaa82

ExploitPatch

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

ExploitPatch

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079075.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:030

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