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If an unprivileged user prepares a symlink pointing to an arbitrary location, then this location will be overwritten with the icon content.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.02167,"percentile":0.82373,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-59"],"published":"2018-07-02T14:00:00Z","modified":"2026-10-23T18:04:46Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Debian:12","package":"cinnamon","fixed_in":["3.8.8-1"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"cinnamon","fixed_in":["3.8.8-1"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"cinnamon","fixed_in":["3.8.8-1"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Debian:8","package":"cinnamon","fixed_in":["2.2.16-5+deb8u1"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Mageia:6","package":"cinnamon","fixed_in":["3.2.8-4.1.mga6"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","package":"cinnamon","fixed_in":["2.8.6-1ubuntu1+esm1"],"sources":["osv"]},{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS","package":"cinnamon","fixed_in":["3.6.7-8ubuntu1+esm1"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:12","package":"cinnamon","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.8.8-1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"cinnamon","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.8.8-1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"cinnamon","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.8.8-1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:8","package":"cinnamon","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.2.16-5+deb8u1"}]}],"versions":["2.2.16-5"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Mageia:6","package":"cinnamon","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.2.8-4.1.mga6"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","package":"cinnamon","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.8.6-1ubuntu1+esm1"}]}],"versions":["2.6.13-1ubuntu2","2.8.6-1ubuntu1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS","package":"cinnamon","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.6.7-8ubuntu1+esm1"}]}],"versions":["3.4.6-1","3.6.7-3","3.6.7-4","3.6.7-5","3.6.7-6","3.6.7-7","3.6.7-8","3.6.7-8ubuntu1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","package":"cinnamon","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.8.6-1ubuntu1+esm1"}]}],"versions":["2.6.13-1ubuntu2","2.8.6-1ubuntu1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS","package":"cinnamon","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.6.7-8ubuntu1+esm1"}]}],"versions":["3.4.6-1","3.6.7-3","3.6.7-4","3.6.7-5","3.6.7-6","3.6.7-7","3.6.7-8","3.6.7-8ubuntu1"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"debian","product":"debian_linux"},{"vendor":"linuxmint","product":"cinnamon"}],"references":[{"url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1083067","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory","fix","report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/pull/7683","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","Third Party Advisory","fix","report"]},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00011.html","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13054"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6g5m-97v8-hh8j"},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-13054","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0063.html","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23272","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/XSADMZDE26IBCLBJOASR5ZX4E2OKKPVD/","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2018-07/msg00083.html","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-13054","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/commit/66e54f43f179fdf041a3e5232178a9910963cfb5","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4844-1","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-13054","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2018-13054","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2018-07-02T14:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-05T08:52:49.775Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:07.01498Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2018-5004","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2018-07-02T14:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-05T08:52:49Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T02:39:51.126842Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-6g5m-97v8-hh8j","title":"An issue was discovered in Cinnamon 1.9.2 through 3.8.6. The cinnamon-settings-users.py GUI runs...","description":"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. 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If an unprivileged user prepares a symlink pointing to an arbitrary location, then this location will be overwritten with the icon content.","status":"published","published":"2018-07-02T14:29:00Z","modified":"2026-02-04T03:31:42.962372Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:54:17.014176Z"},{"id":"DLA-1420-1","title":"cinnamon - security update","status":"published","published":"2018-07-13T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-03-09T01:01:08.361153Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:09.336894Z"},{"id":"MGASA-2019-0063","title":"Updated cinnamon packages fix security vulnerability","description":"A flaw was found in Cinnamon 1.9.2 through 3.8.6. The\ncinnamon-settings-users.py GUI runs as root and allows configuration of\n(for example) other users' icon files in _on_face_browse_menuitem_activated\nand _on_face_menuitem_activated. These icon files are written to the\nrespective user's $HOME/.face location. If an unprivileged user prepares a\nsymlink pointing to an arbitrary location, then this location will be\noverwritten with the icon content (CVE-2018-13054).\n","status":"published","published":"2019-02-13T11:08:25Z","modified":"2026-04-16T04:44:02.856684895Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:49:40.793816Z"},{"id":"USN-4844-1","title":"cinnamon vulnerability","description":"Matthias Gerstner discovered that the cinnamon-settings-users utility in\nCinnamon did not safely handle symlinks. An unprivileged attacker could\npotentially use this vulnerability to overwrite arbitrary files as root.","status":"published","published":"2021-03-15T22:27:19Z","modified":"2026-06-25T13:30:31.242145657Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:15.159055Z"}]}}