Security advisory

{
  "id": "b6df88d5ddd1ab2115ca86160cd11f301d23be0add913128c44c9fb66b75ac74",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-13054",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-13054",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-13054",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-13054",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-13054"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/linuxmint/cinnamon",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "677b05ed76b516ebac914f05d4eba545f822d59a"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "2499b0920ddbc86692f89cb54777486005add497"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:linuxmint:cinnamon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.9.2"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.8.6"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "3.8.6",
            "3.8.5",
            "3.8.4",
            "3.8.3",
            "3.8.2",
            "3.8.1",
            "3.8.0",
            "master.mint18",
            "3.6.7",
            "3.6.6",
            "3.6.5",
            "3.6.4",
            "3.6.3",
            "3.6.2",
            "3.6.1",
            "3.6.0",
            "3.4.4",
            "3.4.3",
            "3.4.2",
            "3.4.1",
            "3.4.0",
            "3.2.8",
            "3.2.7",
            "3.2.6",
            "3.2.5",
            "3.2.4",
            "3.2.3",
            "3.2.2",
            "3.2.1",
            "3.2.0",
            "3.0.7",
            "3.0.6",
            "3.0.5",
            "3.0.4",
            "3.0.3",
            "3.0.2",
            "3.0.1",
            "3.0.0",
            "2.8.6",
            "2.8.5",
            "2.8.4",
            "2.8.0",
            "2.8.3",
            "2.8.2",
            "2.8.1",
            "2.6.13",
            "2.6.12",
            "2.6.11",
            "2.6.10",
            "2.6.9",
            "2.6.8",
            "2.6.5",
            "2.6.7",
            "2.6.6",
            "2.6.4",
            "2.6.3",
            "2.6.2",
            "2.6.1",
            "2.6.0",
            "2.4.6",
            "2.4.5",
            "2.4.4",
            "2.4.3",
            "2.4.2",
            "2.4.1",
            "2.4.0",
            "2.2.14",
            "2.2.13",
            "2.2.12",
            "2.2.11",
            "2.2.10",
            "2.2.9",
            "2.2.8",
            "2.2.7",
            "2.2.6",
            "2.2.5",
            "2.2.4",
            "2.2.3",
            "2.2.2",
            "2.2.1",
            "2.0.14",
            "2.0.13",
            "2.0.12",
            "2.0.11",
            "2.0.10",
            "2.0.8",
            "2.0.7",
            "2.0.6",
            "2.0.5",
            "2.0.4",
            "2.0.3",
            "2.0.2",
            "2.0.1",
            "2.0.0",
            "1.9.2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-13054.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:33.351916581Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00011.html",
        "https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1083067",
        "https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/pull/7683"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "8.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-13054",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380542,
  "published_at": "2018-07-02T14:29:00.213+00:00"
}