CVE-2012-0871

mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.004 · 29 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.35% (29th) EPSS

CVSS 6.3 · medium

Is it mine?

39 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

The session_link_x11_socket function in login/logind-session.c in systemd-logind in systemd, possibly 37 and earlier, allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the X11 user directory in /run/user/.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.06.3mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 9.2

v2.05.4mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USprimary

affected products (39)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
opensuse opensuse= 12.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
systemd project systemd≤ 037nvdUScpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
systemd project systemd= 1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
systemd project systemd= 10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
systemd project systemd= 11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
systemd project systemd= 12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
systemd project systemd= 13nvdUScpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
systemd project systemd= 14nvdUScpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
systemd project systemd= 15nvdUScpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
systemd project systemd= 16nvdUScpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
systemd project systemd= 17nvdUScpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
systemd project systemd= 18nvdUScpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
systemd project systemd= 19nvdUScpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
systemd project systemd= 2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
systemd project systemd= 20nvdUScpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
systemd project systemd= 21nvdUScpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
systemd project systemd= 22nvdUScpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
systemd project systemd= 23nvdUScpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
systemd project systemd= 24nvdUScpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2014-04-18modified 2026-06-16

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